from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
intransitive verb To unload from a ship; discharge.
intransitive verb To remove (a piece of gear) from its proper place; detach.
intransitive verb To become or be capable of becoming removed or detached.
from The Century Dictionary.
To take out of a ship or other water-craft: as, to unship goods or passengers. To remove from its place; specifically (nautical), to remove from a place where it is fixed or fitted: as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan-bars; to unship the tiller.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb To take out of a ship or vessel.
transitive verb (Naut.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb nautical To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel
verb nautical To remove an oar or mast from its normal position
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Wait'll something really happens like they unship a chain onto the beefy bottom bracket and scar the clear coat.
Earlier in the thread, I allowed that I thought copyright law wasn't perfect, and when you have organizations like Disney who have herds of lawyers they can unship to defend their property, you might make a compelling argument to fix some of the loopholes.
The steamer generally remains for two or three hours at Halifax to coal, and unship a portion of her cargo, and there is a very natural desire on the part of the passengers to leave what to many is at best a floating prison, and set foot on firm ground, even for an hour.
It took only minutes for the SEALs to get themselves and their gear on board, to unship the waterproofed electric engine and secure it to the motor mount.
The ship's head pitched into the sea, and the water rushed through the hawse-holes, and the chain surged so as almost to unship the barrel of the windlass.
- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 24
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The ship's head pitched into the sea, and the water rushed through the hawse-holes, and the chain surged so as almost to unship the barrel of the windlass.
- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 24
September 9, 2008