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What does "lade" mean?

Lade: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
  2. 3.To draw water. [Obs.]
  3. 4.(Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
  4. 5.The mouth of a river. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.
  5. 6.A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]

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