†3.to den out: to drive (a beast) out of its den; to unearth. Obsolete.
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a1604 M. HanmerChron. Ireland 203 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) [They] burned their Cabbans and Cottages, and such as dwelt in caves and rockes under ground (as the manner is to denne out Foxes) they fired and smothered to death.