Meaning of lade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
5. To admit water by leakage.

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Examples

“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.”

“And they laded their asses with the corn.”

“Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness.”

“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.”

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