Definitions

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  • verb transitive To drive from harbour or shelter.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ harbour

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Examples

  • I have lost credit of late, by bringing over no one that had sense to know more than how to unharbour a stag, or take and reclaim an eyas.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • "Haste, and unharbour him," replied Herne, "and as soon as you rouse him, give the halloa."

    Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

  • I have lost credit of late, by bringing over no one that had sense to know more than how to unharbour a stag, or take and reclaim an eyas.

    The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801

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