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单词 unseel
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unseelv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1a.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To unsew (the eyes of a hawk, etc.); figurative, to open, unclose.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > move eyes > open eye
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 766/2 I unceyle a haukes eyes, or other byrdes, I cut the stytches that closed his eyes togyther.
a1587 Queen Elizabeth in Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xx. 208 Then dazeld eyes with pride, which great ambition blinds, Shalbe vnseeld by worthy wights.
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 37/1 Vnseele mine Eyes, that long thy Light to see.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xi. xxx. 197 Still to have toting Waits unseel thine Eyes, In Bed, at Board.
2. To unsew or uncover the eyes of (a hawk, etc.). Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > sew up eyes > unsew eyes
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 766/2 Unceyle your pigyon and..he wyll go from your hauke.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 91 Watche hir all that nighte that you vnseele hir.
1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvi. 315 This Atheist and that Epicure grant thou whome they offend That I vnceele, and of my Verse thy Glory be the end.
1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie xxvii. 124 Let them haue the rest [sc. doves] giuen vnseild with some few feathers drawne from them.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 36 In the Evening by Candle-light unseal her, giving her something to tyre upon.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Falcon Give her a bit or two upon the Lure, and unseel her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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