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

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

Here they found a ship about to sail into Phœnicia, and going on board, they passed near the isle of Cyprus, and finally landed at Tyre, "for there the ship was to unlade her burden."

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

Oh! let me unlade my breast; Pour out the fullness of my soul before you; Shew ev'ry tender, ev'ry grateful thought, This wond'rous goodness stirs.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

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 A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London by Defoe, Daniel