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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



... Shall he, Browning the poet, choose Eglamor or Sordello; even though Sordello perish without any achievement? And he chooses to sail for ever towards the infinite, chooses the imperfection which looks forward. A sailor who loves voyaging may say, when weather-bound, "Here rest, unlade the ship, sleep on this grassy bank." 'Tis but a moment on his path; let the wind change, and he is away again, whether triumph or shipwreck await ...
— The Poetry Of Robert Browning • Stopford A. Brooke
... "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


Words linked to "Unlade" :   offload


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