Unsight

Unsight
Unsight Un*sight", a. Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

{Unsight unseen}, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing it. [1913 Webster]

For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, To a new church discipline. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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