v. [UN-2 3.] trans. To make unhidden; to lay open; to disclose, reveal.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 7230. Drunkennes oft mai bitide Dos man his consail to vn-hide.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, i. (Peter), 283. For dowt his craft vnhid suld be, He kest his bukis in þe se.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 2168. If that ye wole so long abide Tyl I this Romance may vnhide.
c. 1420. Anturs of Arth., 328 (Douce MS.). Þe wyndes, þe weders, þe welkene vnhides; Þene vnclosed þe cloudes.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (Rolls), III. 431. Quhen tha saw him nakit and wnhid, With bludie woundis…, tha … weipit full soir.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Descacher, to vnhide.
1631. P. Fletcher, Piscatory Eclog., V. xiv. If thou desir’st my help, unhide the sore.
1676. Hobbes, Iliad, 59. Whilst in stooping he his flank unhides, Agenor quickly his advantage spyes.
1880. J. Nicol, Poems & Songs, 126. to thee the sea her secret oft unhides.
