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unlade

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un·lade  (n-ld)
v. un·lad·ed, un·lad·ing, un·lades Nautical
v.tr.
1. To unload (cargo) from a ship.
2. To unload (a ship).
v.intr.
To discharge a cargo.

unlade [ʌnˈleɪd]
vb
a less common word for unload
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Verb1.unlade - take the load off (a container or vehicle)unlade - take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"
empty - remove; "Empty the water"


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Sailing ninety leagues farther, you see the noted port of Jodda, where the pilgrims that go to Mecca and Medina unlade those rich presents which the zeal of different princes is every day accumulating at the tomb of Mahomet.
Vessels arriving directly from foreign countries, laden with valuable cargoes, would rarely choose to hazard themselves to the complicated and critical perils which would attend attempts to unlade prior to their coming into port.
Ogg's,--that venerable town with the red fluted roofs and the broad warehouse gables, where the black ships unlade themselves of their burthens from the far north, and carry away, in exchange, the precious inland products, the well-crushed cheese and the soft fleeces which my refined readers have doubtless become acquainted with through the medium of the best classic pastorals.
 
 
 
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