GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Lade , v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laden ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hlaða, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlaþan. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.]
    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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   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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   (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
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   Lade, v. i. [See Lade, v. t.]
   To draw water. [Obs.]
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   (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
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   Lade, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.]
   The mouth of a river. [Obs.]
   Bp. Gibson.
   
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   A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
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