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.
1744. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. I. 280. If Ma[rshal]l Saxe will not unburrow I have advised our sending strong partys of horse [etc.].
1827. J. Montgomery, Pelican Isl., III. 158. Hence the young brood, that never knew a parent, Unburrowed and by instinct sought the sea.
1860. Dickens, Uncomm. Trav., x. He feigns that he can bring down sparrows, and unburrow rats.
