vbl. sb. [f. UNLOAD v.] The action of the verb, in various senses.
a. 1522. W. Lily, Gram. (1549), D iij b. Verbes of … lodyng or vnlodyng, will haue an ablatiue case.
1587. Fleming, Contn. Holinshed, III. 1544/2. To loose … the tackle of euerie court immediatlie before the vnloding or sheluing thereof.
1612. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 467. The unlodeing or bringeinge in of any … merchandize.
1748. Anson’s Voy., II. xiii. 269. We compleated the unloading of the Carmelo.
1829. Lytton, Disowned, xvi. The wallet of diurnal anecdote was full, and craved unloading.
1868. Garrod, Mat. Med., 399. Purgatives … cause … an unloading of the large and small intestines.
attrib. 1755. Magens, Insurances, I. 46. The usual unloading Place on the Weser.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., 2683/1. Unloading machine, an apparatus for removing freight from boats, cars, or wagons.
