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

But from London they would not suffer them to come into port, much less to unlade their goods, upon any terms whatever, and this strictness was especially used with them in Spain and Italy.

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

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

Oh! let me unlade my breast; Pour out the fullness of my soul before you; Shew ev'ry tender, ev'ry grateful thought, This wond'rous goodness stirs.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton