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<h1>Lade</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>Lade</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lade</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.</def>

<h1>Lade</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>Lade</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. <er>Lode</er>, <er>Lead</er> to conduct.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The mouth of a river.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Gibson. </i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A passage for water; a ditch or drain.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Lademan</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>Lade"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Local]</mark>

<h1>Laden</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>Lad"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. & a.</tt> <def>Loaded; freighted; burdened; <as>as, a <ex>laden</ex> vessel; a <ex>laden</ex> heart.</as></def>

<blockquote>Ah sinful nation, a people <b>laden</b> with iniquity. <i>Is. i. 4.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A ship <b>laden</b> with gold. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ladied</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"died</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ladylike; not rough; gentle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Stroked with a <i>ladied</i> land."

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Ladies' eardrops</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"dies' ear`drops`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The small-flowered Fuchsia (<spn>F. coccinea</spn>), and other closely related species.</def>

<h1>Ladify</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"di*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lady</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make a lady of; to make ladylike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Massinger.</i>

<h1>Ladin</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La*din"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>Latinus</ets> Latin. See <er>Latin</er>]</ety> <def>A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.</def>

<h1>Lading</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>Lad"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of loading.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; <as>as, the <ex>lading</ex> of a ship</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Bill of lading</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bill</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ladino</h1> <Xpage=824>

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