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单词 unsight
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unsightn.

Etymology: un- prefix1 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsight.
Lack of sight or seeing.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness
blindnessc1000
blindheada1340
darknessa1382
unsightc1412
stone-blindc1500
cecity1528
ablepsy1616
anopsy1646
invision1646
anopsia1842
sightlessness1847
stone-blindness1868
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 5002 The ymages..Maken folke þenke on god..Whan þe ymages þei be-holden & seen; Were oft vnsyte [v.r. vnsight] of hem causith restreyntes Of þoughtes gode.
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 163 In vain do I urge my unsight To conceive my lost prize.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

unsightadj.1

Etymology: ? variant of unsighted adj. 1.
Obsolete.
Only in unsight, unseen, without inspection or examination.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly
into uncertain1382
uncertainlya1387
at adventure (also adventures)c1390
at or on six and sevena1398
auntersa1450
at all adventure (also adventures)1485
by hab or by nab1530
at rovers (rarely rover)c1531
hab or nab1542
hitty-missy1553
rovingly1583
haphazard1600
random1619
unsight, unseena1627
happy-be-lucky1633
cross and pile1648
temerariously1669
happy-go-lucky1672
à tort et à travers1749
randomly1765
chance-medley1822
haphazardly1832
willy-nilly1908
by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 33 Take that at hazard sir... Unsight, unseen, I take 3. to one.
1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. i I would I had his Neece unsight and unseen I faith for her monies sake.
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 352 A generous mind..gives unsight and unseen, and trusts the Divine Goodness for the return.
1764 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2619 He tells you true, as to Comtesse Cosel's diamonds, which certainly nobody will buy here, unsight unseen, as they call it.
1790 W. Cowper Let. 2 May (1982) III. 374 My very best Compliments attend Mrs. Hill whom I love unsight unseen as they say.
1810 Splendid Follies I. 167 So you don't dance with me?.. Bernard, I find, is to enjoy that felicity, unsight unseen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

unsightadj.2

Etymology: un- prefix1 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsight.
Unsighed for.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamented > not
unmoaned1546
unmourned1558
unlamented1569
unbewailed1586
unplained1591
unsorrowed1597
unwept1597
undeplored?1611
unsight1613
unbemoaned1623
unwailed1802
unsighed1815
ungrieved1837
1613 J. Sylvester Elegie Sir W. Sidney in Lachrymae Lachrymarum (new ed.) sig. H3 What Sea..Could..drowne a Sidney's Name..so quicklie..So vn-bewayled, so vn-sigh't, vnsung?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

unsightv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1d(b).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsight.
1. transitive. To deprive of sight. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > blind
blendc888
forblendc1175
blindfoldc1320
to put out a person's eyesc1325
blinda1400
dark?c1400
darken?a1425
quenchc1450
excecate?1540
stark blind1574
beblind1575
douta1616
unsight?1615
benight1621
emblind1631
occaecate1664
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ix. 595 Their full bags so sore, With being vnemptied; but their shepheard more, With being vnsighted.
1638 N. Whiting Il Insonio Insonnadado 468 His armed brow fell down; and lighting right His antlers did the marching god unsight.
2. In past participle. Of a coursing dog: Deprived of a sight of the hare.
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1825 Sporting Mag. 16 268/2 If one or both dogs be unsighted, owing to the hare running through bushes or a live hedge,..the course shall be deemed to end there.
1876 Coursing Cal. 124 Miss Alice on a strong inside led Handicraft, who threw her head up as though unsighted.
3. transitive. Of a participant in a game: to deprive (another player or an official) of a clear view. Frequently in past participle.
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [verb (transitive)] > other actions or types of play
outshoot1545
football1599
pitch1717
make1819
to warm up1868
to draw out1893
bench1898
foot1900
cover1907
cannonball1911
telegraph1913
unsight1923
snap1951
to sit out1955
pike1956
to sit down1956
wrong-foot1960
blindside1968
sit1977
1923 Daily Mail 15 Jan. 11 The referee..was unsighted and so, apparently, was the linesman to whom he appealed.
1928 Daily Express 8 June 17/2 Gibbons..would have been caught by slip if the wicketkeeper had not unsighted that fieldsman.
1951 Sport 30 Mar. 10/2 I felt sorry for Hendon's goalkeeper, Reg Ivey, who was unsighted both times and had hitherto played a very sound game!
1972 Times 3 Mar. 7/2 Mr Kelly was travelling some two to three lengths behind Mr Smith and inevitably that unsighted him for a reasonable distance in front of Mr Smith.
1976 Alyn & Deeside Observer 10 Dec. 3/2 It was afterwards revealed that the umpire had been unsighted and had not seen the ball hit by a Chester player in the circle.
4. To make unseen. nonce.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > make invisible [verb (transitive)] > make unseen
unsight1913
1913 T. Hardy in Sphere 20 Dec. 316 Nor God nor daemon can undo the done, Unsight the seen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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