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Lad"de (?), obs. imp. of Lead, to guide. Chaucer.

Lad"der (-dr), n. [OE. laddre, AS. hlder, hldder; akin to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v. √40. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Climax.] 1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.

Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire.

Dryden.

2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.

Lowliness is young ambition's ladder.

Shak.

Fish ladder. See under Fish. -- Ladder beetle (Zoöl.), an American leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose- colored. It feeds upon the linden tree. -- Ladder handle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing. -- Ladder shell (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.

Lad"die (?), n. A lad; a male sweetheart. [Scot.]

Lade (ld), v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laden (ld'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.

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.]

Lade"man (?), n. One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs. or Local]

Lad"en (?), p. & a. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity.

Is. i. 4.

A ship laden with gold.

Shak.

La"died (?), a. Ladylike; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] "Stroked with a ladied land." Feltham.

La"dies' ear`drops` (?). (Bot.) The small- flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.