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 Transfiguration, the St. Peter Martyr, and the St. Jerome of Domenichino stood on the floor, as if they had bent their knees, like camels stooping, to unlade their riches to the spectator.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander

Then unlade yourself as fast as you can, for fear you should sink, being so over-freighted.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

Master and crew anxious to unlade and return for England.

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