unharbourv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɑːbə/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɑrbər/ a. transitive. To dislodge (a deer) from covert or shelter.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from a lair, nest, or hole
unnestlec1450
unnest?1533
unkennel1565
unharbour1575
unden1598
unharborough1611
bolt1615
unearth1622
unburrow1860
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 100 An Hart and a Bucke [are] likewise reared, rowsed, and vnharbored.
1582 Stanyhurst (Arb.) iv. 100 The heard deare dooth stray from mounten vnharbourd.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 83/1 Your Hounds should not all be uncoupled until the Hart is un~harboured by the Harbourer.
1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 167 After you unharbour a Moose, he will run a Course of 20, or 30 miles, before he..comes to a Bay.
1797 Sporting Mag. 9 264 Mr. Sturt's stag hounds unharboured a hind at Maggot-Hill Wood.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 228 To the devil with the discourse, for the boar is unharboured.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 109 The regular pack being held at hand.., ready to be laid on when the hart or hind is ‘unharboured’.
b. transferred and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. f. 181 Your compassion makes me open my hart to you, & leaue vnharboured mine owne thoughts.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 44 I am sure..it was never storyed that Salus Populi began with Majestas Imperii, unlesse Majestas Imperii first unharbour'd it, and hunted it to a stand.
1771 R. Cumberland West Indian ii. vi I'll unlodge him, I'll unharbour him, I warrant.
a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 9 Advance! now let us unharbour the rascal!
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 87 Clara..is a little wilful; and I believe your ladyship must take the task of unharbouring her into your own hands.
Derivatives
unˈharbouring n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > of animals or birds from lair or nest
unharbouring1591
unkennelling1600
unnestling1653
untarpagec1700
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession > from a house
unharbouring1591
unhousing1809
1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 102 These..house themselues by the vnharbouring..of the poore.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 83/1 The Chase of the Hart or Stag; and first the Vnharbouring him.
1897 D. H. Madden Diary W. Silence 30 The rest of the company made ready to assist at the unharbouring of the hart.
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