unharbor en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + harbor.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of unharbour.
alt of unharbour
[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 haſtely for yͤ hoűds [hounds], but onely cry, Looke ware, looke ware, ware, ware and let him draw on with his hound vntil yͤ Deare be diſcried, ⁊ rightly marked before he hallow.
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, published 1611, →OCLC, page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unharbors | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unharbored | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unharbored | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unharboring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |