Lade"man (?), n. One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs.
or Local]
Lad"en (?), p. & a. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a
laden heart.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity.
Is. i. 4.
A ship laden with gold.
Shak.
La"died (?), a. Ladylike; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] "Stroked with a
ladied land." Feltham.
La"dies' ear`drops` (?). (Bot.) The small- flowered Fuchsia (F.
coccinea), and other closely related species.
La"di*fy (?), v. t. [Lady + - fy.] To make a lady of; to make ladylike.
[Obs.] Massinger.
La*din" (?), n. [From L. Latinus Latin. See Latin] A Romansch dialect
spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
Lad"ing (?), n. 1. The act of loading.
2. That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden;
as, the lading of a ship.
Bill of lading. See under Bill.
||La*di"no (?), n.; pl. Ladinos (#). [Sp.] 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. Am.
||Cyc.
||
Lad"kin (?), n. A little lad. [R.] Dr. H. More.
La"dle (?), n. [AS. hlædel, fr. hladan to load, drain. See Lade, v. t.]
1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in
lading or dipping.
When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the
mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off
with ladles.
Boyle.
2. (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the
mold.