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
While I was here, there came in four or five English Ships laden with Corn, the first, as they told me, that had come in to unlade there, since the beginning of the War.
From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel
The inconveniences in Spain and Portugal were still greater; for they would by no means suffer our ships, especially those from London, to come into any of their ports, much less to unlade.
From History of the Plague in London by Defoe, Daniel
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 Pope, Alexander
They had to run the canoe ashore here, unlade her of the valises and camp furniture, and carry her across the weir.
From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
A paved area, very wide, is included within the walls; and along the edge of the quays are ranges of iron sheds, intended as a temporary shelter for the goods unladed from the shipping.
From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman
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
Dan should by this time have been at sea, but his ship being still in the docks when the plague broke out remained yet unladed.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn
It was a very quiet boat that unladed the Pennybets on the steps of a stone pier at Falmouth, and then swung round and carried Edgar up its own wake.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest
It was then past three o'clock, and the Tartars unladed their houses near a certain water.
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
Sam made no reply, but commenced unlading his pockets, and piling the money in little heaps on the table.
From I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by Roe, Azel Stevens
At Tonga she was detained a week and more; unlading and taking in stores.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan
The wharf arrangements are the most convenient, for lading and unlading goods at all stages of the water, to be found on our western rivers.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
By chance, a royal commissioner was in Flanders and watched the unlading of all four ships.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
