▪ I. unˈloaded, ppl. a.1
(un-1 8.)
| 1648 Hexham ii, Ongeladen, Vnloaded. 1753 Stewart's Trial 273 The unloaded gun. 1800 Asiat. Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 245/1 Water..sufficient to give passage to large unloaded boats. 1840 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 89/2 This..would only be what M. Pambour properly calls the ‘unloaded friction’. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshm. 181 Shooting with unloaded pistols. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 11 Holding out the poker or even the unloaded hand at arm's length. |
| transf. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right (1899) 83 You're armed, of course?’ I touched my left hip significantly... ‘Too long in the country to travel unloaded.’ |
▪ II. unˈloaded, ppl. a.2
(f. unload v.)
| 1807 J. Barlow Columb. iv. 367 As from unloaded waves, the rising sand Swell'd into light. |