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Unlade   Listen
verb
Unlade  v. t.  
1.
To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon. "The venturous merchant... Shall here unlade him and depart no more."
2.
To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge. "There the ship was to unlade her burden."






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"Unlade" Quotes from Famous Books



... dearest of Dears, no more, 'Tis most unseasonable— I bring a Heart full fraight with eager Hopes, Opprest with a vast Load of longing Love; Let me unlade me in that soft white Bosom, That Storehouse of rich Joys and lasting Pleasures, And lay me down as on a Bed of Lillies. [She ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II • Aphra Behn

... determined, what is to be done with the property? I have the right to destroy the vessels, but not the cargoes, in case the latter should prove to be, as claimed, Spanish property—but how am I to destroy the former, and not the latter? I cannot before sentence unlade the cargoes and deliver them to the claimants, for I do not know that the claims will be sustained; and I cannot destroy them, for I do not know that the claims will not ...
— The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter • Raphael Semmes

... "Let me unlade my brains," said Osbert, "for I'm like a basket full of apples; and if they are not carefully taken out, they'll be bruised and good for nought. Stephen's children are called Edild, Agnes, Osbert, ...
— One Snowy Night - Long ago at Oxford • Emily Sarah Holt

... to do, I shall expose to advance our Mirth; the Rogues must be cozen'd, because they're so positive they never can be so: but I am now for softer Joys, for Woman, for Woman in abundance— dear Hal. inform me where I may safely unlade my Heart. ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6) • Aphra Behn

... merchant who design'd more far, And touches on our hospitable shore, Charm'd with the splendour of this northern star, Shall here unlade him, ...
— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden



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