单词 | unstock |
释义 | unstockv. 1. transitive. a. To remove (a ship) from the stocks. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > remove ship from stocks unstocka1547 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Ciiiv Where the Troianes fast Fel to theyr worke from the shore to vnstocke Hygh charged shyppes. b. To dismount (a gun). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount on carriage > dismount or unlimber dismount1544 demount1577 unstock1598 unbrack1611 unlimber1760 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scalcagnare,..to vnstock, or dismount any kinde of great ordinance or artillerie. c. To remove the stock from (a gun, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > remove (parts or equipment) > specific untackle1552 unrig1562 unhang1600 unshroud1608 unstock1706 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > remove specific part unbreech1548 unstock1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Unstock a Gun, is to take off its Stock. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 70 After we had got well to sea, we unstock'd our anchors and brought them aft. 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah viii Unstocking my rifle-barrel. 2. To deprive of stock. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of stock or cattle unstore1618 displenish1639 uncattle1643 unstock1643 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iv. 169 The husbandmans store being consumed, the pastures unstocked,..wee shall be devoured by famine. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 169 Turned out of their callings, and unstocked by the loss of that ruffle. 3. To empty of occupants. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > make unoccupied wanec1200 evacuate1607 untenant1640 vacant1649 unstock1655 disnesta1700 to clean out1858 distenant1876 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > make less populous [verb (transitive)] desolate1382 dispeople1490 disinhabit1530 unpeoplea1533 unpeoplea1533 depopulate1595 unfurnish1603 unpopulate1658 unstock1865 1655 G. S. in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 28 I am confident, had I continued my digestions any considerable time, I had soon unstock [ed] nigh a dozen of Hives. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 328 The conflict of the Roses did not unstock the England of a few years later. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1547 |
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