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
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
Pox on it, we can't unlade in this squall.
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
"But had n't you better unlade yourself o' your merchandise, and fix to enjoy the sail some?"—and he began taking the boxes from her lap.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
All hands were now set to work, some to preparing houses, barracks, and lodgments for the new comers; some to unlade the vessels and store the cargo, and some to extend the wharf.
From Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe by Harris, Thaddeus Mason
Again we unladed and laded, and again voyaged to Marseilles.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
Lolonois sent the vessel presently to Tortuga to be unladed, with orders to return as soon as possible to Savona, where he would wait for them.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
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
Not later than a day after our anchoring, the ships being unladed, all San Domingo coming and going, trumpets blew and gathered all to our open place before the Viceroy's house.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
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 Kerr, Robert
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
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Aren’t we going on as far as Natal together, and haven’t we only just begun our unlading?
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
But even then the unlading was delayed two days by calms which prevented the vessel from coming nearer than several miles from the shore.
From The Niagara River by Hulbert, Archer Butler
When unlading at one port, he seldom knew where he would be sailing to next.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon
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