v. Also 3 unlide. [UN-2 4. Cf. OE. unhlidian.] trans. To remove the lid from; to uncover.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 58, note (Trin. MS.). Þe dom is ful grureful & strong o þa þet unliden ham þe put.
1693. R. Lyde, Retaking a Ship, 17. I answered, alle abau, for I don’t want your help, and then they … unlid the Scuttle and went down.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 116. The pitmen often … ’neath many a loosen’d block, Unlid coffins in the rock.
1853. C. Brontë, Villette, xiii. Not a paper but was glanced over, not a little box but was unlidded.
