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   Ladle , n. [AS. hlædel, fr. hladan to load, drain. See Lade, v. t.]
   A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
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   When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with ladles.
   Boyle.
   
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   (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
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   The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
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   (Gun.) (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
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   Ladle wood (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree (Cassine Colpoon), used for carving.
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   Ladle , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ladled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ladling .] To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.
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