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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lade  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lading  \Lad"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  loading. 
 
  2.  That  which  lades  or  constitutes  a  load  or  cargo;  freight; 
  burden;  as  the  lading  of  a  ship. 
 
  {Bill  of  lading}.  See  under  {Bill}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lading 
  n  :  goods  carried  by  a  large  vehicle  [syn:  {cargo},  {freight},  {load}, 
  {loading},  {payload},  {shipment},  {consignment}]




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