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verb
To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
To remove (an oar, a mast, etc.) from its normal position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
To throw from a horse; to unseat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship English unship From un- + ship.
