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

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

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

Pox on it, we can't unlade in this squall.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

The inconveniences in Spain and Portugal were still greater; for they would by no means suffer our ships, especially those from London, to come into any of their ports, much less to unlade.

From History of the Plague in London by Defoe, Daniel