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Lade
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.
2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To draw water. [Obs.]
2. To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.