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What's The Definition Of 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.
\Lade\, v. i. [See {Lade}, v. t.] 1. To draw water. [Obs.] 2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
\Lade\, n. [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.]