discharge ((v.))

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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unload part of the cargo of a canoe in order to get over a shallow place or to avoid bad water; make a discharge.

See: décharge(def. 2)

Quotations

1784

[We] entered lac about 1 mile long, after which portage Noir, 1430 yars; discharged on right side of rock. . . .

1827

Encamp above the little Dalles (discharged part of our baggage) at 6 p.m.