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unˈship, v.
[un-2 5, 4, 7. Cf. Du. ontschepen, G. entschiffen.]
1. trans. To take out of, remove or discharge from, a ship; to put on shore (or into a boat, etc.) from a vessel.
a1450Contn. Brut 542 He..saylet toward Normaundy, and londit at Hogges,..and vnshippit his pepill. 1497Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 324 Ladders for to Shep men and vnship men with. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxviii. 113 b/2 The kynge of Ciper..arriued at Douer,..and refreshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshipped. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 210 They vnshipped their horse and harneys, not knowing in what part of England they were. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 174 They vnshipped all their goods..into their Boats. 1641W. Hakewill Libertie of Subject 102 Impositions are not paid upon the buying and selling of Merchandize, but when they are to ship or unship. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 426 In the Voyage..he had had the Misfortune to be five Times shipp'd and unshipp'd. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. i, We unshipped our goods. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. II. 6 All hands were busy in unshipping the cargo, to lighten the vessel. 1885Act 48–49 Vic. c. 41 §17 Any harbour..at which vessels can..ship or unship goods or passengers.
refl.a1604Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1809) 253 They forthwith landed, and unshipped themselves.
b. To deprive of, dismiss from, a ship.
1829Marryat F. Mildmay xxi, I should have unshipped him next cruise.
2. Naut. To detach or remove (esp. a mast, rudder, or oar) from a fixed place or position.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 235 We were not able to beare in, but by violence were constrained to take the sea agayne, our Pinnesse being vnshipt. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1776), Dégarnir le cabestan, to unrig the capstern, by taking off the voyol, and unshipping the bars. 1773Cook S. Voy. (1777) ii. ii. I. 205 He..dived under the boat, and..unshipped the rudder. 1806Pike Sources Mississ. (1810) 102 Obliged to unship our mast to prevent its rolling overboard. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. i, The speaker at the same time unshipping his scull on that side. 1874Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 241 So that..the apparatus..may..be..unshipped and re-shipped again at pleasure.
fig.1816Sporting Mag. XLVII. 277 Crocken..beat a Knightsbridge wheelwright..by unshipping his jaw in the fourth round.
b. In general use.
1793Smeaton Edystone L. §140 Unshipping the tackle belonging to the lantern. 1832Lincoln Herald 13 Jan. 2 John Page saw Clarke unship the flag on the top of the governor's house. 1839F. A. Griffiths Artill. Man. 87 No 1 unships the handspike. 1882Sala Amer. Revis. (1885) 384 Tell the porter not to unship the little one-legged flap table..fixed to the wall of the car.
3. intr.
a. To admit of being detached or removed.
1834Marryat P. Simple II. 30 Six large pieces of iron,..with a gimblet at one end of each, and a square at the other, which fitted to a handle which unshipped. 1844Stephens Bk. Farm III. 1169 The top-sides..are fitted to ship and unship as occasion may require. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 2256, The upper ladders unship by means of shifting levers.
b. To become detached.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 161 Capstan-bar Pins, pins inserted through their ends to prevent their unshipping. 1883Pall Mall G. 13 Mar. 10/2 The boat's rudder unshipped and caused the boat to capsize.
4. To undergo unloading from a vessel.
1860Dickens Christmas Stories, Message fr. Sea i, Such other cargo as was..unshipping at the pier.
5. trans.
a. Of a horse: To unseat, throw (the rider).
1831Scott Let. in Westm. Gaz. 14 June (1904) 12/2 My forester walks by his [sc. the pony's] head for fear a start or sudden stumble should unship me altogether. 1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lxvii, One [horse] has still his muzzle on, lest he should unship his rider and eat him.
b. To unbalance, upset.
1827Chalmers in Hanna Life (1851) III. 163, I really fear lest his [sc. Irving's] prophecies may unship him altogether.
Hence unˈshipped ppl. a., unˈshipping vbl. n.
1868Morris Earthly Par. (1870) II. iii. 389 A ring of Icelanders, who sat Upon the bales of *unshipped goods.
1497Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 327 Ladders for shippyng & *vnshippyng of men. 1709Act 8 Anne c. 7 §17 The Persons..to whose Hands the same shall knowingly come, after the unshipping thereof. 1803Act 43 Geo. III, c. 132 §28 To prevent the fraudulently unshipping or re-landing of Goods. |