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
He is the fountaine whence my streames do flowe— Forgive me if I speak as I was taught; Alike to women, utter all I knowe, As longing to unlade so bad a fraught.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
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
"Then I'll unlade my mind, come o't what will."
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Then unlade yourself as fast as you can, for fear you should sink, being so over-freighted.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus
And so they went down unto the sea in ships,—even in a steam-ship,—sailing to the Havana, where she was unladed of her burden.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Not later than a day after our anchoring, the ships being unladed, all San Domingo coming and going, trumpets blew and gathered all to our open place before the Viceroy's house.
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
Thereupon, since the entrance of the bay was unoccupied, they sent for the almiranta, which had put in and had been unladed.
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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Johnnie saw to the unlading of his last wagon and the shaping off of his wheat-rick.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
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
At Tonga she was detained a week and more; unlading and taking in stores.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner
One or two wharves are fitted in these coves, but I did not see a vessel unlading or a bale of merchandise there.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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