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Lade \Lade\ (l[=a]d), v. t. [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded},
{Laden} (l[=a]d'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to
heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG.
hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[eth]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth.
afhla[thorn]an. 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.
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And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
xlii. 26.
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2. To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
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And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
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3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
the pot to the forming table.
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Lade \Lade\, v. i. [See {Lade}, v. t.]
1. To draw water. [Obs.]
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2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
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Lade \Lade\, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. {Lode}, {Lead}
to conduct.]
1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson.
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2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
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