unlade
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If I had been at Oxford this term I should probably have rushed off to Hull to unlade fish.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2010
"But had n't you better unlade yourself o' your merchandise, and fix to enjoy the sail some?"—and he began taking the boxes from her lap.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
At noonday hosts of heavy baskets unlade their toothsome freight, and a merry feast is seasoned with Attic salt.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
Consequently, it was necessary to unlade it, and they had to resolve to leave it behind in the port, to their great sorrow.
Swift at the word descending to the shores, They moor the vessel and unlade the stores: Then, moving from the strand, apart they sate, And full and frequent form'd a dire debate.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
Again we unladed and laded, and again voyaged to Marseilles.
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
All sorts of quaint vehicles drove up under the elms in the afternoon visiting hours, day after day—hitched horses, and unladed passengers.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Lolonois sent the vessel presently to Tortuga to be unladed, with orders to return as soon as possible to Savona, where he would wait for them.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
Then they unladed ev'ry man his beast, And to his view expos'd their sacks in haste.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
When unladed at Babylon, the air is let out of the skins, which are then laid on the backs of camels and carried back to serve for another voyage.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
Sam burst into tears, and fumbled with the straps, unlading all the pony’s packs and throwing them on the ground.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Every one was now busily employed in unlading the Windward, and bringing to land the supplies of provisions, coal, reindeer-moss, and other such things which it had brought for the expedition.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen
Truth to tell, Jerome was half inclined to believe that Windybank had played a double part, and was responsible for the admiral's knowledge of the plot for unlading the Luath.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
They arrived in two months, and, unlading the whole "cargazon of riches," proceeded to make a dividend of their prizes and their gains.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
While we were unlading the boat, a row was kicked up between one of the Frenchmen and the Welshman.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
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