Ladle

Definitions

1. A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
2. A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
3. The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
4. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
5. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

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Examples

“When the materials of glass have⟳ been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen afterwards take⟳ off with ladles.”

“The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show⟳ of warlike strength.”

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