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Webster 1913 Edition

Lade

Lade

(lād)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Laded
;
p. p.
Laded
,
Laden
(lād’n)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lading
.]
[AS.
hladan
to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G.
laden
to load, OHG.
hladan
,
ladan
, Icel.
hlaða
, Sw.
ladda
, Dan.
lade
, Goth.
afhlaþan
. 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 or 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.
Shakespeare
3.
(Plate Glass Manuf.)
To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Lade

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Lade
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To draw water.
[Obs.]
2.
(Naut.)
To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

Lade

,
Noun.
[Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf.
Lode
,
Lead
to conduct.]
1.
The mouth of a river.
[Obs.]
Bp. Gibson.
2.
A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Lade

LADE

,
Verb.
T.
pret. laded; pp. laded, laden.
1.
To load; to put on or in, as a burden or freight. We lade a ship with cotton. We lade a horse or other beast with corn.
And they laded their asses with the corn and departed thence. Gen. 42.
2.
To dip; to throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or dipper; as, to lade water out of a tub or into a cistern.
3.
To draw water. [Not in use.]

LADE

,
Noun.
The mouth of a river. Obs.

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