unshoulderv.
1. transitive. (See quot. 1598) rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > affect with disorder of joints [verb (transitive)] > dislocate > the shoulder
unshoulder1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Spallare, to vnshoulder, to put ones shoulders out of ioint.
2. To remove from the shoulder.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on > from the shoulder
unshoulder1625
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 11 The two Rankes next it must vnshoulder their Musquets.
1650 R. Elton Compl. Body Art Mil. (1659) 192 Unshoulder your Musket and poyse.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 414 At a short distance they halt, unshoulder their burdens.
1882 A. Elwes tr. H. C. de B. Capello & R. Ivens From Benguella to Yacca I. xii. 346 The goods all unshouldered and dispersed.
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