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

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

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

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