v. [UN-2 4.] trans. To remove a curtain or veil from; to disclose or reveal. Also refl.
1628. Feltham, Resolves, II. l. 147. The honest man will rather be a graue to his neighbours failes, then any way vncurtaine them.
1659. W. Chamberlayne, Pharonnida, III. 186. She in these words uncurtains mystick Fate.
1817. Moore, Lalla Rookh, Veiled Prophet, 766. Now thou seest my soul’s angelic hue, ’Tis time these features were uncurtain’d too.
1858. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., IX. X. II. 499. Watching the great War-theatre uncurtain itself in this manner, from Dantzig down to Naples.
1887. Bowen, Æneid, IV. 120. When Phœbus at earliest morn … with radiant light uncurtains the land.
absol. 1897. ‘O. Rhoscomyl,’ White Rose Arno, 242. The tender smile of Night’s white queen uncurtained to the world.
