Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
UNLOAD
unload, unlade, offload
(verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle); “unload the truck”; “offload the van”
drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave; “unload the cargo”; “drop off the passengers at the hotel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
unload (third-person singular simple present unloads, present participle unloading, simple past and past participle unloaded)
(transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
(transitive) To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
(intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express.
(transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
(transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel.
(transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.
(transitive) To deliver forcefully.
(transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
(transitive) To draw the charge from.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*load", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + load.]
1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
3. To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
4. To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
5. To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]
Un*load", v. i.
Definition: To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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