unlade

Example Sentences

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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

At noonday hosts of heavy baskets unlade their toothsome freight, and a merry feast is seasoned with Attic salt.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail

Master and crew anxious to unlade and return for England.

From The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete by Ames, Azel

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

Not for full fourteen days: it had but just come into port, and there be much merchandise to unlade and lade again.

From The Secret Chamber at Chad by Everett-Green, Evelyn