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

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

He is the fountaine whence my streames do flowe—   Forgive me if I speak as I was taught; Alike to women, utter all I knowe,   As longing to unlade so bad a fraught.

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

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 A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London by Defoe, Daniel

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