Sekirov Dictionary

lade

/leɪd/

verb 5
noun 5
forms 6

verb5

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To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- Men from the farthest Equinoctiall line, Haue swarm’d in troopes into the Easterne India: Lading their shippe with golde and precious stones: And made their spoiles from all our prouinces. — 1587
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
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To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
- And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. — 1591
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
To admit water by leakage.

noun5

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(Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.
- It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers. — 1950
(Scotland) A load.
(Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
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(dialect, UK) The mouth of a river.
- Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story. — 1873
(dialect, no longer used) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

forms

laded · laden · lading · lades · ladeth · ladest

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