4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lade  \Lade\,  v.  i.  [See  {Lade},  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  draw  water.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  To  admit  water  by  leakage,  as  a  ship,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lade  \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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lade 
  v  1:  remove  with  or  as  if  with  a  ladle;  of  liquids  [syn:  {ladle}, 
  {laden}] 
  2:  fill  or  load;  "load  a  car"  [syn:  {load},  {laden},  {load  up}] 

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