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unharbouring

unharbouring is the present participle and gerund of unharbour.

Meaning of unharbour

Verb

unharbour (third-person singular simple present unharbours, present participle unharbouring, simple past and past participle unharboured)

  1. (transitive) To drive (someone, or something such as hunting game) from harbour or shelter.
    • [I]f the Harte ſhould rowze for feare a farre of [off], his hound (hunting vpon the winde) might carie him amiſſe, ſo that he ſhould not finde the layre. Whereby (⁊ by yͤ foyles about it) he might haue certain iudgement: and if he rowze or vnharbor the Deare ⁊ find the layre, let him not blow ouer...1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “How a Huntsman should Rowze an Hart, and Cast off His Hounds to Him”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot...

Questions about unharbouring

What is unharbouring the present participle and gerund of?
Unharbouring is the present participle and gerund of unharbour.

Words near unharbouring in the dictionary

  1. unharassing
  2. unharbor
  3. unharbored
  4. unharbour
  5. unharboured
  6. unharbouring
  7. unharbours
  8. unhard
  9. unharden
  10. unharden'd
  11. unhardenable

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