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- verb Present participle of
unship .
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Examples
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Strings of pack - horses and pack-donkeys toiled slowly up the staves of the ladders, bearing fish, and coal, and such other cargo as was unshipping at the pier from the dancing fleet of village boats, and from two or three little coasting traders.
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Strings of pack - horses and pack-donkeys toiled slowly up the staves of the ladders, bearing fish, and coal, and such other cargo as was unshipping at the pier from the dancing fleet of village boats, and from two or three little coasting traders.
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Meanwhile the sailors progressed rapidly with the task of unshipping the packages and caged animals.
The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006
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That terrible unshipping and reshipping is a sore burden to the unaccustomed traveller.
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This was in answer to a quick impatient movement on the part of Gaffer: the speaker at the same time unshipping his scull on that side, and laying his hand on the gunwale of
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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This is a far more convenient treatment than unshipping the whole wheel, as might be supposed from logbook mention of "shipping" or "unshipping" the wheels.
The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 Howard Irving Chapelle
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The logbook repeatedly speaks of "shipping" and "unshipping" the paddle wheels, indicating that the wheels were entirely removed from the shafts and stowed on deck.
The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 Howard Irving Chapelle
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The description he gives of the unshipping of the wheels is that the pivoted blades were removed and the fixed blades, in horizontal position, were left on the shaft.
The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 Howard Irving Chapelle
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The captain looked grim but said nothing; it was too late now for him to be unshipping again.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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However, back she comes; the starting-rope slackens in Miller's left hand, and the stroke, unshipping his oar, pushes the stern gently out again.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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