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unˈstock, v.
[un-2 5 and 4.]
1. trans.
a. To remove (a ship) from the stocks.
a1547Surrey æneis iv. 524 Where the Troyans fast Fell to their worke, from the shore to unstock High rigged ships.
b. To dismount (a gun).
1598Florio, Scalcagnare,..to vnstock, or dismount any kinde of great ordinance or artillerie.
c. To remove the stock from (a gun, etc.).
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Unstock a Gun, is to take off its Stock. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 70 After we had got well to sea, we unstock'd our anchors and brought them aft. 1849W. S. Mayo Kaloolah viii, Unstocking my rifle-barrel.
2. To deprive of stock.
1647Digges Unlawf. Taking Armes 169 The husbandmans store being consumed, the pastures unstocked,..we shall be devoured by famine. 1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 169 Turned out of their callings, and unstocked by the loss of that ruffle.
3. To empty of occupants.
1655G. S. in Hartlib Ref. Commonw. Bees 28, I am confident, had I continued my digestions any considerable time, I had soon unstock[ed] nigh a dozen of Hives. 1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia II. 328 The conflict of the Roses did not unstock the England of a few years later. |