v. [UN-2 5, 6 b, 7.]
1. trans. To disperse or separate (cattle, etc.) from a herd.
1611. Florio, Smandrare, to let out of the fold or pen, to vnherd, to scatter cattle.
a. 1641. Suckling, Brennoralt, I. i. When I had … at length unhearded the proud Deer, The Currs have snatch’d him up.
2. intr. To break away from the common herd.
1661. Boyle, Style of Script. (1675), 175. The … title of a wit, which they hope to acquire by unherding and keeping out of the road.
