单词 | unsight |
释义 | unsightn. Lack of sight or seeing. ΘΚΠ 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 Obsolete. Only in unsight, unseen, without inspection or examination. ΘΚΠ 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 Unsighed for. ΘΚΠ 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. 1. transitive. To deprive of sight. rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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