Part 6333

<hw>La*di"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ladinos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.</def>

<i>Am. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Ladkin</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>Lad"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little lad.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Ladle</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS.<ets>hl\'91del</ets>, fr. <ets>hladan</ets> to load, drain. See <er>Lade</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.</def>

<blockquote>When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with <b>ladles</b>. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The float of a mill wheel; -- called also <altname>ladle board</altname>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.</def>

<cs><col>Ladle wood</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the wood of a South African tree (<spn>Cassine Colpoon</spn>), used for carving.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ladle</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ladled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ladling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; <as>as, to <ex>ladle</ex> out soup; to <ex>ladle</ex> oatmeal into a kettle.</as></def>

<h1>Ladleful</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"dle*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ladlefuls</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.</def>

<h1>Ladrone</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La*drone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>ladron</ets>, L. <ets>latro</ets> servant, robber, Gr. (<?/) a servant.]</ety> <def>A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.</def>

<h1>Lady</h1> <Xpage=824>

<hw>La"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ladies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>ladi</ets>, <ets>l\'91fdi</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<?/fdige</ets>, <ets>hl<?/fdie</ets>; AS. <ets>hl\'bef</ets> loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. <ets>dairy</ets>. See <er>Loaf</er>, and cf. <er>Lord</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.</def>

<blockquote>Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my <b>lady</b>. <i>Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of <i>lord</i>.</def> "Lord or <i>lady</i> of high degree."

<i>Lowell.</i>

<blockquote>Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee <b>lady</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.</def>

<blockquote>The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his <b>lady's</b> eyes. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of <i>Lady</i> by courtesy, but not by right.</def>