[UN-2 5, 3.]
1. trans. To strip of a shroud; fig. to uncover, lay bare, expose. Also Unshrouding vbl. sb.
1594. Southwell, M. Magd. Funeral Teares, 27 b. Yea, would he haue bin so venturous, as to haue stayed the vnshrowding of the corse?
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., XII. xxv. At length the piercing Sunne his team unshrouds, And with his arrows th’ idle fogge doth chase.
1653. A. Wilson, Inconstant Ladie, V. iii. Vnshroud thyselfe thou night-rauen.
a. 1773. Fergusson, Poems (1879), 177. Turn, fair Amanda! cheer your swain, Unshroud him from his veil of woe.
1791. E. Darwin, Bot. Gard., II. 133. Now the broad Sun his golden orb unshrouds.
1821. Scott, Kenilw., viii. Unshrouding the dark lantern, which had hitherto only emitted an indistinct glimmer.
1824. Campbell, Dream, 26. Methought I beheld two hands a space Slow unshroud a spectre’s face.
2. To open out.
1846. New Monthly Mag., Dec., 488. Without … unshrouding the folds of my mantle, I stalked towards the sofa.
