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

A sailor who loves voyaging may say, when weather-bound, "Here rest, unlade the ship, sleep on this grassy bank."

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)

All hands were now set to work, some to preparing houses, barracks, and lodgments for the new comers; some to unlade the vessels and store the cargo, and some to extend the wharf.

From Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe by Harris, Thaddeus Mason

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

"Then I'll unlade my mind, come o't what will."

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir