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unlade

[uhn-leyd] / ʌnˈleɪd /


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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

Common Version: "For there the ship was to unlade her burden."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

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

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott

Here the Transfiguration, the St. Peter Martyr, and the St. Jerome of Domenichino stood on the floor, as if they had bent their knees, like camels stooping, to unlade their riches to the spectator.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt

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 William Worthington Fowler

Next morning we unladed some of her cargo, being raw silk and silk goods.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

Then they unladed ev'ry man his beast, And to his view expos'd their sacks in haste.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan

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 Evelyn Everett-Green

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

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

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

It ought to contain the name and burden of the vessel, the names of the master and freighters, the place and time of lading and unlading, and stipulations as to demurrage.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

People employed in unlading vessels, carrying bales of goods, &c.

From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by George Colman

When once we had her within the bar, there was no time lost in unlading.

From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Frank H. Severance

The cacique Guacanagari, quite understanding the dangerous situation of the caravel, came with his brothers and other relations, accompanied by a great number of the Indians, and helped in unlading the ship.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh




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