unscalev.1
1. transitive. To clean (fish, etc.) from scales.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > prepare seafood [verb (transitive)] > remove scales or spines
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a1510 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria (W. de W.) A vj b Desquamo, [I] vnscale fysshe.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scagliare, to skale or vnskale fish.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 168 [Shrimps] are unscaled, to vent the windiness which is in them, being sodden with their scales.
1719 Glossographia Anglicana Nova (ed. 2) Disquamation, is an unscaling a Fish, or the like.
2. figurative. To free (the eyes or sight) from scales.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > free eyes from scales
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1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. Prol. 126 Grones fresht with vowes, and vowes made salt with teares, Vnscale his eyes.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 34 Methinks I see her as an Eagle..purging and unscaling her long abused sight at the fountain it self of heav'nly radiance.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 9 Thou who of old The prophet's eye unscaled.
1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings xiii. 265 The Spirit unscales our eyes, and unveils Christ before us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
unscalev.2
intransitive. To climb down again.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > climb down > again
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c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccxviii. i They shot their gonnes, and with their ladders scaled, But nought auailed, thei were so wel of bet, When they our hoste sawe anone they vnscaled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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