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unˈsheathed, ppl. a.
[f. prec. or un-1 8.]
1. Of a weapon: Drawn from the sheath; not covered by a sheath.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. xxxv. (1869) 22 It is bettere the swerd be shethed than vnshethed. a1593Marlowe Ovid's Eleg. ii. ii. 64 My hands an vnsheath'd shyning weapon haue not. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Blanc, A naked or vnsheathed..sword. 1638Suckling Aglaura iii. i, Blesse me, what means this unsheath'd minister of death [= a sword]? 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. ii. 253 He..with his Sword unsheath'd..Commands both Combatants to cease their Strife. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles ii. xxiii, Do dirks unsheathed suit bridal cheer? 1842Borrow Bible in Spain x, He held his unsheathed knife in his hand.
fig.1830Mrs. Hemans Songs Affec., Spirit's Return, Yet something,..as that unsheathed spirit-glance I met, Made my soul faint.
2. Not protected by a sheath or sheathing; uncovered, exposed.
1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 9 Any unsheathed or Wood-sheathed Ships. Ibid. 24 Not only in sheathed Ships..but unsheathed too. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 126 An unsheathed fire ship..was left to act as an advice-boat. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 393 The delicate unsheathed parts of the vascular bundles. |