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▪ I. unˈshroud, v.1 [un-2 5, 3.] 1. trans. To strip of a shroud; fig. to uncover, lay bare, expose. Also unˈshrouding vbl. n.
1594Southwell M. Magd. Funeral Teares 27 b, Yea, would he haue bin so venturous, as to haue stayed the vnshrowding of the corse? 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. xii. xxv, At length the piercing Sunne his team unshrouds, And with his arrows th' idle fogge doth chase. 1653A. Wilson Inconstant Ladie v. iii, Vnshroud thyselfe thou night-rauen. a1773Fergusson Poems (1879) 177 Turn, fair Amanda! cheer your swain, Unshroud him from his veil of woe. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. 133 Now the broad Sun his golden orb unshrouds. 1821Scott Kenilw. viii, Unshrouding the dark lantern, which had hitherto only emitted an indistinct glimmer. 1824Campbell Dream 26 Methought I beheld two hands a space Slow unshroud a spectre's face. 2. To open out.
1846New Monthly Mag. Dec. 488 Without..unshrouding the folds of my mantle, I stalked towards the sofa. ▪ II. unˈshroud, v.2 [un-2 4.] trans. To strip (a vessel) of shrouds or ropes.
1584Hudson Judith ii. (1608) 36 The quiet see..growes.., And lastly beates the banks, and ships vnshrouds. |