What does "ladle" mean?

Ladle: (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
  2. 3.(Gun.) (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. Ladle wood (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree (Cassine Colpoon), used for carving.
  3. 4.To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.

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