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unˈearth, v.
[un-2 5 and 6.]
1. trans. To dig out of the earth, to exhume; to disclose by the removal of earth.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 7 When he his fadirs body efter deth vnherthid. 1626T. H[awkins] Caussin's Holy Ct. 67 As Diamonds buryed in a Dunghill, which if once you vn-earth,..will set the sunne before your eyes. 1798Wordsw. Simon Lee 75, I chanced to see This old Man doing all he could To unearth the root of an old tree. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Knight & Lady, His cane,..which he used..when unearthing his worms and his grubs. 1877Huxley Physiogr. 209 When the ruins were first unearthed, the upper floor stood much higher.
b. To force out of a hole or burrow.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d' Alf. i. 48 Hee was jealous, that the Foxe was now vn-earthed. 1730Thomson Autumn 475 The sly destroyer of the flock..from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd. 1818Scott Rob Roy xii, We will join the rest..and see their luck at unearthing the badger. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 39 One man..dug a hole in the ground deep enough to give him shelter,..[but] he was speedily unearthed.
transf.1841Lever C. O'Malley cxii, Oh, it's you, is it?—at last! so I've unearthed you, have I?
c. To free from, to clear by removal of, earth.
1663Davenant Siege of Rhodes i. 31 Away! unchain the Streets, unearth the Ports! Pull down each barracade!
2. fig. To bring to light; to disclose, reveal, discover, etc. (Freq. from c 1860.)
1820Byron Blues ii, Scamp. They have merit, I own... Ink. Then why not unearth it in one of your lectures? 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. xii. 308 You may trust a woman to unearth a plot. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. 114 What would I not have given to unearth a letter..?
3. fig. To free from earthly qualities.
1765J. Brown Chr. Jrnl. 286 O to be unearthed, unselfed, that I may be like him!
Hence unˈearthed ppl. a.1; unˈearthing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1612Two Noble K. v. i. 58 Thou mighty one,..whose havocke in vaste Feild Vnearthed skulls proclaime. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 21 An unearthed blind mole..Was wandering there. 1876Fox Bourne Locke II. xv. 527 To invent,..with much..material of his own unearthing, the art of logic. 189719th Cent. Aug. 276, I got to regard a resurrection man as..an unearthly because unearthing demon. |