lades

Verb

lade (third-person singular simple present lades, present participle lading, simple past laded, past participle laden or laded)

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
   • 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.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
   • to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
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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