unstock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unstocks
form: unstocking
form: unstocked
form: unstocked
Etymology: From un- + stock.
Senses: examples: text: And where open for the whole year, and it would be attended with great advantage to unstock and shut up the same at particular seasons, two-thirds in number and value of commoners, with consent of lord of manor, or his steward, may direct what time they shall be unstocked and shut up;
ref: 1792, Arthur Young, Annals of Agriculture and Other Useful Arts, page 521:
text: One I met during the inspections of freezer rooms indicated that her principal function was the stocking and unstocking of the freezer room at a very large supermarket.
ref: 1978, The industrial arbitration reports, New South Wales:
text: She has an apartment in the Mile High City with a well-stocked bar, and by then I'll really be in the mood to help her unstock it .
ref: 2001, Richard L. Hershatter, The Spy Who Hated Licorice, page 13:
text: No doubt they answer admirably the purpose of stocking a Museum; but they unstock the world – and that is a terrible consideration.
ref: 2018, Kirk Wallace Johnson, The Feather Thief:
text: Since I had to unstock the fridge and grab the prezzies from under the tree I agreed at meeting him at mums' house.
ref: 2020, A.M. Masset, Truth Will Last Forever:
glosses: To remove the stock (store or supply) from; to empty of goods.
examples: text: Directed the master to unstock one of the anchors and store it below .
ref: 1870, George Henry Preble, The First Cruise of the United States Frigate Essex, page 63:
text: Of course it is necessary to unstock the gun before beginning this experiment , and be careful while pouring in the sulphur that it does not overflow and run down the ribs or sides of the barrels;
ref: 1887, Basil Tozer, Practical Hints on Shooting, page 30:
text: It is a good rule in any case of letting go an old-fashioned anchor when aground, to unstock it and foul the flukes with several turns of cable.
ref: 2015, E. F. Knight, Handbook of Seamanship, page 739:
glosses: To remove the stock (block or support) from; to release from that which fixes in place.
examples: text: Where the Troyans fast Fell to their work, from the shore to unstock High rigged ships:
ref: 1831, Henry Howard, “The Fourth Book of Virgil's Æneid”, in The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, page 171:
text: It took the guys a good half hour, once home, to position, unhook and unstock the Lady Rose. Reese insisted on covering the boat with a special tarp when it was not in use.
ref: 2005, Dennis S Martin, Nasty Little Secrets, page 195:
glosses: To remove (a ship etc.) from the stocks.
examples: text: When commercial banks cannot unstock their open positions, i.e., either overbought or oversold at the retail level, they normally trade among themselves to balance their positions and avoid unnecessary exchange risks.
ref: 1988, Beoy Kui Ng, The Development and Growth of Foreign Exchange Markets in the SEACEN Countries, page 13:
text: Clear forewarn of the early rains, but it never gathered enough precipitation, Yet the face of the earth remained foggy unmoving, without rains, Deep in thought I figured, what can unstock this weathering process.
ref: 2018, Aiye-ko ooto, Quo Vadis, page 560:
text: When you unstock icons to send a memory into your thoughts, there is no reflection, or value or logic judgment that intervenes.
ref: 2023, Jean-louis Penin, Coaching SDHEA for beginners, page 102:
glosses: To free up or release.