2. (Naut.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its
proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to
unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.
Un*ship"ment (?), n. The act of unshipping, or the state of being
unshipped; displacement.
Un*shot" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shot.] To remove the shot from, as
from a shotted gun; to unload.
Un*shot", a. [Pref. un- + shot.] Not hit by a shot; also, not
discharged or fired off.
Un*shout" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shout.] To recall what is done by
shouting. [Obs.] Shak.
Un*shroud" (&?;), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shroud.] To remove the shroud
from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.
Un*shrubbed" (?), a. Being without shrubs.
Un*shut" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shut.] To open, or throw open.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Un*shut"ter (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shutter.] To open or remove the
shutters of. T. Hughes.
Un*sight" (?), a. Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.
[Colloq.]
Unsight unseen, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or
unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without
seeing it.
For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, To a new church discipline.
Hudibras.
There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from every part,
with a design to purchase, which they were to do "unsight unseen."
Spectator.