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

Consequently, it was necessary to unlade it, and they had to resolve to leave it behind in the port, to their great sorrow.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

She ran, however, upon the bar, and the people were forced to unlade her to get off.

From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by Fowler, William Worthington

Here they found a ship about to sail into Phœnicia, and going on board, they passed near the isle of Cyprus, and finally landed at Tyre, "for there the ship was to unlade her burden."

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

Then unlade yourself as fast as you can, for fear you should sink, being so over-freighted.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius