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Definitions for: Lade [v] fill or load; "load a car"
[v] remove with or as if with a ladle; of liquids
Webster (1913) Definition: Lade, v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Lading.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water);
akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel.
hla?a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. Load,
Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.]
1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally
followed by that which receives the load, as the direct
object.
And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
xlii. 26.
2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
the pot to the forming table.
Lade, v. i. [See Lade, v. t.]
1. To draw water. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
Lade, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead
to conduct.]
1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson.
2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Synonyms: laden, ladle, load, load up
See Also: fill, fill up, make full, reload, remove, slop, stack, take, take away, withdraw
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