unkennel
Americanverb (used with object)
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to drive (a fox or other animal) from a den or lair.
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to release from or as if from a kennel.
to unkennel hounds before a hunt; to unkennel a gang of cutthroats.
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to make known; disclose or uncover.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to release from a kennel
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to drive from a hole or lair
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rare to bring to light
Etymology
Origin of unkennel
Example Sentences
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"Come on, my lads!" vociferated Blueskin, "we'll unkennel the old fox."
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
It is the intention of the first consul gradually to unkennel this clattering race of females, when it can be done with safety.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir
But, earth them as they will, I shall unkennel them, and from their holes Drag them to light and justice.”
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
I 'll unkennel one example more for thee.
From The White Devil by Webster, John
“He is nowhere below, but we shall probably unkennel him in the upper story,” I heard one of them say as they mounted the stairs.
From In New Granada Heroes and Patriots by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Shall we desert snug homes? forego the sum Scraped through laborious years to smooth life's slope, And die like dogs unkenneled and untombed, At bidding of a sorrow-crazed old man?
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
The whimpering of one of his unkenneled "hunches" merged into what seemed an actual voice of inspiration to him.
From Never-Fail Blake by Stringer, Arthur
"We have unkennelled the fox, have we?" the sergeant of the squad said.
From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by Champney, James Wells
I have no recollection how the papers found their way into the old trunk from which they were lately unkennelled.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
If I were Lord Jedburg, I'd have unkennelled him, I promise you that, Simmy.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
They had always 3 or 4 Coats or coverings, and in the folds of these were unkennelled 1,330 Napoleons on one of them who happened to die at Bruxelles.
From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Stanley, Edward
They unkennelled at Punpernwood, four miles east of Blandford.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
He determined to leave all other objects, and consecrate every faculty of his mind to the unkennelling me from my hiding-place.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
What, sir, do you mean at the unkennelling, untapezing, or earthing of the fox?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
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