Lade
Lade (lād) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to Dutch & German laden to load, Old High German hladan, ladan, Icelandic hlaea, Swedish ladda, Danish lade, Gothic afhlaþan. Compare 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.
2.
To throw in or 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.
3.
(Plate Glass Manufacturing) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Lade , intransitive verb
[See Lade, transitive verb]
1.
To draw water. [Obsolete]
2.
(Nautical) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
Lade , noun
[Prov. English, a ditch or drain. Compare Lode, Lead to conduct.]
1.
The mouth of a river. [Obsolete] — Bp. Gibson
2.
A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Provincial English]