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unˈhood, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To divest (spec. a hawk) of a hood or similar covering. Also absol.
(a)1575Turberv. Falconrie 79 At the ende of three dayes you may unhood hir and feede hir unhooded. 1652Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. xviii. 488 Like Hawks when they are first unhooded, and newly restored to the light. 1667Dryden Sir Martin Mar-all v. iii, He's an ill Falconer that will unhood before the quarry be in sight. 1742Somerville Field Sports 10 Falcner, take care,..And slily stalk; unhood thy Falcon bold. 1852R. F. Burton Falconry Valley Indus vi. 65 The falconer unhoods her, places her upon the perch.
(b)1601Holland Pliny I. 221 Perceiving after that he was unhooded that he served as a stalion to his own dam. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas, Job Triumphant 615, I will not hide..[Leviathan's] Strength, nor seemly Symmetries. Who shall unhood him? 1629Massinger Picture iii. v, Enter servants with Mathias..blindfolded. Acanthe... I'll anon unhood him. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xii, [In] one of the lonely aisles..he unhooded the lamp. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. x. 491 Among all that sea of heads, there is not one but is bared and unhooded. 1887Browning Parleyings, Apollo & Fates 121 Unhook wings, unhood brows! Dost hearken?
transf.1603Florio Montaigne ii. xii. 334 Some people..who tooke pleasure to vnhood the end of their yard, and to cut off the fore-skin.
b. fig. or in fig. context.
1648Boyle Seraph. Love (1660) 11 As it has hitherto been my not unprosperous task to unhood your soul, I shall now..shew her game to fly at. c1681Hickeringill Trimmer Wks. 1716 I. 356, I am forc'd to bring him to light, and unhood him, sometimes by some (otherwise unwelcome) Periphrasis. 1824New Monthly Mag. X. 306 Thou un⁓hood'st the stars, Shew'st their bright eyes. 1848G. H. Boker Calaynos iii. iii, They two can put their restless heads together, Unhood their thoughts at every whim that flies. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. xii, Tom Faggus himself was a quarry for the law, if ever it should be unhooded. |