unkennelv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɛnl/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɛn(ə)l/ 1. † b. transitive. figurative and in extended use. To force out or bring into the open; to flush out; to expose or reveal (something previously hidden or unseen). Obsolete.† c. intransitive. To come out of a retreat or hiding place; (of a fox) to come out of its earth. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To drive (a fox) from its earth. Occasionally also intransitive.Frequently (and in earliest use) in figurative contexts.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt fox > drive from layer
unkennel1565
uncover1812
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
1565 T. Dorman Disproufe M. Nowelles Reproufe xvii. f. 108v Yow see what foxes Sathan the maister of the game hathe vnkenelled in oure countrie.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 100 An Hart or a Bucke is flayed,..an Hart started, and a Fox vnkennelled.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 156 Ascend my Chambers..: Ile warrant wee'le vnkennell the Fox. View more context for this quotation
a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady i. i. 48 in Wks. (1640) III Your Foxe, there, Vnkenneld with a Cholerick, ghastly aspect,..Would run their feares to any hole of shelter.
1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 105 The great fox that hath so long spoild the vines of Christs vineyard shall be unkennel'd.
1703 (title) The fox with his fire-brand unkennell'd and insnar'd.
1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 20 Did I tell you what a Chace she carry'd me last Christmas Eve, we unkennell'd at ——.
1825 Eng. Life I. 216 We unkennelled Reynard capitally.
1854 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxx, in Monthly Packet Sept. 177 Vowing he would unkennel the young fox,..John sent his troops into Scotland.
1921 R. G. Verney Hunting Fox v. 44 When the Cub is unkennelled, particularly in view, all hands should be silent and still.
1972 Country Life 19 Oct. 945/2 Hounds unkennelled their own fox on the south slope.
2010 D. Byrne-Rothwell Byrnes & O'Byrnes I. v. 139 (heading) Unkenneling the fox.
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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 seclusion or shelter
disharbour1566
to hunt out1576
unlodge1598
unnestle1598
unkennel1604
uncloister1611
unnest1683
discloister1881
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 79 If his occulted guilt Doe not it selfe vnkennill in one speech, It is a damned ghost that we haue seene. View more context for this quotation
1612 J. Webster White Divel v. i. sig. I2v I'le vnkennell one example more for thee.
1630 J. Taylor Jack a Lent in Wks. 116/2 The wet Fishmongers..vnkennell the salt Eeles from their brinie Ambuscadoes.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 149 Hunting, and every where unkennelling the Savoyards,..who had possess'd themselves of most of the best Cities of Provence.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 223 Where is she?.. I'll unkennel her this Instant. Shew me her Chamber. View more context for this quotation
1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 131 I am in want of the ‘Annual Letters from Paraguay’;..by that time; if they are in England, I may hope to unkennel them.
1839 Times 10 June It is their interest to unkennel this knavery.
1868 Temple Bar July 251 It..afforded fresh occasion to the sporting press to unkennel his antecedents.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from concealment, confinement, or obscurity
to break outOE
to come forthOE
to start outa1382
unnesta1413
to break covert (also cover)1602
untapis1602
unkennel1695
emerge1700
unburrow1744
tibble1840
tib1853
1695 Bp. E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Britannia (Ann. Irel.) anno 1316 According to his master Anry's order, to find out O Kelly, who unkennelled at last.
1770 in P. D. Candid Enq. Soc. Bucks 117 Ten Minutes past Eight was the Time of the Day, When Reynard unkenneled.
c1820 S. Rogers Banditti in Italy 59 He comes slowly forth, Unkennelling.
1838 United Service Jrnl. Apr. 482 The other inmates of our small room..instantly unkennelled from their bed.
1841 T. D. Lauder Legendary Tales Highlands III. 51 Force the rancorous whig she-devil to unkennel out of her hiding place!
2. transitive. To release (a dog or pack of dogs) from a kennel or other place of confinement, esp. in order to pursue a fox or other quarry. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative and in figurative contexts: to let loose.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement
unbindc950
to let freec1000
aletOE
to let out1154
loosea1225
slakec1374
loosen1382
to let goc1384
releasec1384
unloosec1400
unlockc1410
dissolvec1420
relievec1450
unloosen?a1475
to set at liberty1509
enlargea1513
to let at large1525
to let loose1530
to turn loose?1566
enfranchise1569
to turn up1573
enfranch1581
unkennel1589
unwind1596
to cast loosec1600
disimmure1611
disimprison1611
unhamper1620
to let abroad1633
unfold1633
disencloister1652
disencage1654
discagea1657
disincarcerate1665
eliminate1745
unspherea1806
unmew1818
unbottle1821
uncage1837
unbag1854
bust1921
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (transitive)] > kennel > remove from kennel
unkennel1589
1589 [implied in: W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxiii. 144 Like vnkenneld Cerberus the crooked Tyrant swore. (at unkennelled adj.1 1)].
1599 Pil to Purge Melancholie sig. A3 You do vnkennell your Goatish affections, and let loose the firie codpeece-humor.
1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. C4 Shee shall bee torne, Euen ioynt from ioynt: to haue her baited wel,..wee will vn-kennell hell.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 157 I can unkennell such an eager packe Of deep-mouth'd Hounds.
1685 G. Langbaine Hunter v. 57 When the Hounds are unkennell'd..go into the Field along with them.
1752 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 8 Aug. He ordered his Hounds to be unkennel'd.
1840 T. Keightley Hist. Rom. Empire i. iii. 63 The baleful pack of informers was unkenneled, and their victims..were hunted to death.
1861 W. H. Dixon Personal Hist. Ld. Bacon vi. §1 Blount..unkennels..a pack of needy ruffians eager for any service.
1902 A. Conan Doyle Hound of Baskervilles ii. 15 They should saddle his mare and unkennel the pack.
1960 Arkansas City (Kansas) Daily Traveler 12 Sept. 3/3 It seemed as if the demon of the canine race had unkenneled his whole pack, and congregated them around us!
2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 5 Oct. 28 It is right that in this dawn we unkennel the fierce mongrels of war.
Derivatives
unˈkennelling n.
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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
1600 J. B. (title) A toile for two-legged foxes, wherein their noisome properties, their hunting and vnkenelling,..is liuelie discouered.
1748 London Evening Post 8 Dec. There was not a Hunter at the Unkennelling that was not at the Death.
1847 New Sporting Mag. Feb. 123 His lively and animated full-length portraiture of..the unkennelling of the fox.
1906 Calcutta Rev. Oct. 571 The unkennelling of a dead-alive fakir.
2003 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 4 David Sell, who was at the ‘unkennelling’ on Saturday, said the dogs were a piece of fun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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