v. Obs. [UN-2 5.]
1. trans. a. fig. To disclose, reveal, expound.
c. 1576. Thynne, Animadv., etc. (1875), 108. To vnshale this dowte, and laye abrode this clowdye hidden speache.
1606. Marston, Parasit., IV. G 2. I wil not vnshale the rest before it be ripe.
1611. in Coryat, Crudities, l 2, marg. Those courteous Dames called cortesans (as M. Thomas himselfe hath elegantly vnshaled the word vnto vs).
a. 1652. Brome, Novella, II. i. Nic. I could unshale a plot. Pi. Ny noble Nicolo out with’t I say.
b. To strip.
1604. Marston, Malcontent, I. iii. B 2 b. Pietro. Speake: vnshale him quick. Mal. With most tumbler-like nimblenes.
2. To unhusk.
1611. Cotgr., Goussepiller,… to vnshale, or take pulse out of the swads.
1681. R. Knox, Hist. Ceylon, 11. They unshale their Rice from its outward husk by beating it in a mortar.
