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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

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 Daniel Defoe

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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Master and crew anxious to unlade and return for England.

From The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete by Azel Ames

Where would they at last unlade the groaning camels?

From The Garden of Allah by Robert Smythe Hichens

The cargo of the Siamese ship was unladed carefully, and it was found that it was worth about one hundred thousand pesos.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

When unladed at Babylon, the air is let out of the skins, which are then laid on the backs of camels and carried back to serve for another voyage.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

It was into the Bosom of this Maid, that the Princess unladed her first Moans; and the charming Agnes forgot nothing that might give ease to her afflicted Heart.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers

It was a very quiet boat that unladed the Pennybets on the steps of a stone pier at Falmouth, and then swung round and carried Edgar up its own wake.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond

Thereupon, since the entrance of the bay was unoccupied, they sent for the almiranta, which had put in and had been unladed.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

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

No other words of greeting had passed between them, and he, when he had landed, had set to work at once to help them with their unlading.

From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Coningsby Dawson

Every one was now busily employed in unlading the Windward, and bringing to land the supplies of provisions, coal, reindeer-moss, and other such things which it had brought for the expedition.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen

It was not a very logical explanation after what he had just been unlading into me.

From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Particularly on the ships that made port the last few days and haven't finished unlading.

From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover




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