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

He is the fountaine whence my streames doe flowe— Forgive me if I speake as I was taught, A lyke to women, utter all I knowe, As longing to unlade so bad a fraught.

From The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo by Farmer, John Stephen

Here, the first roaming and excitement abated, they began to unlade the ships, and to build the fort and also booths for their present sleeping.

From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary

Now, with full sails, into the port I move, And safely can unlade my breast of love; Quiet, and calm: Why should I then go back, To tempt the second hazard of a wreck?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Here they found a ship about to sail into Phœnicia, and going on board, they passed near the isle of Cyprus, and finally landed at Tyre, "for there the ship was to unlade her burden."

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary