unship

Example Sentences

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I don’t think we’re going to unship IGTV, though.

From The Verge • Jan. 19, 2021

And orders were to unship all old ammunition, take aboard new.

From Time Magazine Archive

I managed, with difficulty, to unship the sail, and devoted myself to baling the boat, which threatened at any moment to be swamped by the green water which came aboard of her.

From Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Forbes, George

"Been to the telegraph office," said I quietly, for no bluster is going to unship me—not much.

From The Man Who Drove the Car by Pemberton, Max, Sir

To remove any piece of timber from its situation in which it is generally used, as "unship the oars," lay them in the boat from the rowlocks; "unship the capstan bars," &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir