Unsight unseen, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing it.

For to subscribe, unsight, unseen,
To a new church discipline.
Hudibras.

There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from every part, with a design to purchase, which they were to do "unsight unseen."
Spectator.

Unsightable
(Un*sight"a*ble) a. Invisible. [Obs.]

Unsighted
(Un*sight"ed), a.

1. Not parted or divided, as the hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears. Milton.

Unshell
(Un*shell") v. t. [1st pref. un- + shell.] To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.

Unshelve
(Un*shelve") v. t. [1st pref. un- + shelve.] To remove from, or as from, a shelf.

Unshent
(Un*shent) a. Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Unsheriff
(Un*sher"iff) v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheriff.] To depose from the office of sheriff. [R.]

Unshet
(Un*shet") v. t. To unshut. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Unshiftable
(Un*shift"a*ble) a.

1. That may ot be shifted.

2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]

Unship
(Un*ship") v. t. [1st pref. un- + ship.]

1. To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.

2. (Naut.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.

Unshipment
(Un*ship"ment) n. The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.

Unshot
(Un*shot") v. t. [1st pref. un- + shot.] To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.

Unshot
(Un*shot"), a. [Pref. un- + shot.] Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off.

Unshout
(Un*shout") v. t. [1st pref. un- + shout.] To recall what is done by shouting. [Obs.] Shak.

Unshroud
(Un*shroud") v. t. [1st pref. un- + shroud.] To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.

Unshrubbed
(Un*shrubbed") a. Being without shrubs.

Unshut
(Un*shut") v. t. [1st pref. un- + shut.] To open, or throw open. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Unshutter
(Un*shut"ter) v. t. [1st pref. un- + shutter.] To open or remove the shutters of. T. Hughes.

Unsight
(Un*sight") a. Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq.]


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