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unˈburrow, v.
[un-2 7 and 5.]
a. intr. To come out of a burrow. Also fig.
b. trans. To bring or force out of a burrow.
1744in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. I. 280 If Ma[rsha]l Saxe will not unburrow I have advised our sending strong partys of horse [etc.]. 1827J. Montgomery Pelican Isl. iii. 158 Hence the young brood, that never knew a parent, Unburrowed and by instinct sought the sea. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. x, He feigns that he can bring down sparrows, and unburrow rats. |