lad 
3f. A servingman ; a servant. 
To make lordes of laddc* of londe that he wynneth, 
And fre men fuule thrullea that folwen nat hua lawes. 
Piers 1'lounnan (C), xxii. 32. 
lad'-'t. An obsolete preterit and past participle 
lad :i (lad), n. [Origin obscure.] A thong of lea- 
ther; a shoe-latchet. Halliicell. [Pi-ov. Eng.] 
lad-aget (lad'aj), n. Boyhood. 
Heer I have puat my Lad-age fair and good ; 
Heer first the soft Down on my chin did bud. 
Sylventer, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, it, The Vocation. 
ladanum (lad'a-num), n. [< L. ladanum, leda- 
ii n in, < Gr. A$avov, a resinous juice or gum 
from a certain shrub, < /*,;/<W, > L. ledon, also 
lada, < Pers. Iddan, a shrub (CtlttU I'nlicnx) 
(> Ar. Hind. Iddan, ladanum). Honco, with 
diff. form and sense, laudanum, q. v.] A resi- 
nous juice that exudes from the Cistus lada- 
niferus, a shrub which grows in Spain and 
Portugal, and from C. Creticus and C. salvi- 
folius, which grow in Crete, Syria, etc. The best 
sort occurs In commerce in dark-colored or black masses, 
of the consistence of a soft plaster. The other sort is in 
long rolls coiled up, harder than the former, and of a paler 
color. It was formerly much used medicinally in exter- 
nal applications and as a stomachic, but is now in little 
request. It is also used In perfumery and in fumigating- 
nastlls. Also laMamtm, laudanum, gum ladanum, gum 
labdanum, gum ledon. 
ladanyt (lad'a-ni), n. [See ladanum.] An old 
name for Cistus tadanifervs, one of the plants 
yielding ladanum. 
They make hero Labdanura or Ladanum of a very email 
balsamic aromatic shrub called Ladany, and by botanists 
Cistus Ledon, or Cistus ladanifera. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. 231. 
ladder (lad'er), n. [Also dial, ledder; < ME. 
laddere, laddrc, < AS. hlaider, with short vowel 
Madder (in declension syncopated hlaidr-, 
hUeddr-), a ladder, = OFries. hladder, hleder = 
MD. ledere, D. ladder, leer = MLG. ledder, a lad- 
der, the rails of a cart, =OHG. hlei- 
tar, hlcitara, hleitra, leitera, leitra, 
MHG. G. letter, a ladder; perhaps 
akin to L. clathri, a trellis, grate; 
cf. Goth, hleithra, a hut, tent, taber- 
nacle (of wattles f ) (cf . hlija, a tent, 
tabernacle). By some referred to 
the same root as Gr. K/.nuiS, a lad- 
der, namely the root of Gr. i&ivetv 
= AS. hlinian, lean : see lean 1 , clinic, 
climax, etc.] 1. A frame of wood, 
metal, or rope, usually portable, 
and consisting essentially of two 
side-pieces connected at suitable 
distances by cross-pieces, gener- 
ally in the form of rounds or rungs, 
forming steps by which, when the 
frame is properly set, a person may 
ascend a heit'lit. A ladder differs from 
a stair In that it has treads, but no risers. 
There are many forma of ladders, adapted 
to different uses, as the step-ladder, xtand- 
inil-ladder, companion-ladder, collapsing- 
ladder, scaling-ladder, etc. A Bremen's seal - 
ing-ladder is now used consisting of one 
pole only with steps on each side and a 
large barbed hook at the top. In use, the 
hook is caught In a window-sill, the fireman climbs to the 
window by the pole, and then raises it to the next window, 
and so on. 
The kyng by an laddere to the ssyp clam an hey. 
Itvb. of Gloucester, p. 333. 
This ladder of ropes will lette thee downe. 
The Child of Ette (ChiM's Ballads, III. 227). 
Then they placed their scaling ladders, 
And o'er the walls did scour amain. 
Undaunted Londonderry (Child's Ballads, VII. 249). 
2. Figuratively, any means of ascending; a 
means of rising to eminence. 
Note that the Crosse becomes 
A Ladder leading to Heav'ns glorious rooms. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartaa's Weeks, L 7. 
Lowliness is young ambition's ladder, 
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face. 
Shak., J. C., it 1. 22. 
Accommodation ladder. See accommodation. Exten- 
sion ladder, a ladder with a sliding or folding section 
which can be used to increase the length. Jacob's lad- 
der, (n) The ladder which, according to the account in 
Genesis (xxvlll. 12X Jacob saw In a dream, stretching from 
earth to heaven, with the angels of God ascending and de- 
scending upon it (b) In logic, a figure illustrating the the- 
ory of the old logic concerning the relations of genera, dif- 
ferences, and species, (c) Naut. See Jacob' s-ladder, \. 
Hook-and-ladder company. Sec hook. Movable lad- 
der, a miners' man-engine. 
ladder-braid (lad'er-brad), n. A kind of braid 
made on the lace-pillow ; a narrow bobbin-net : 
so named from its appearance. 
ladder-carriage (lad'er-kar"aj), n. A hook- 
and-ladder truck; a vehicle on which fire-lad- 
ders are carried. In some forms the bed-frame serves 
as a brace for the ladder when it is raised, the sliding 
Firemen's 
Scaling-ladder. 
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sections of the ladder being extended by a windlass which 
has its bearings at the foot of the frame. A basket may be 
secured by a rope to a pulley at the top of the ladder to serve 
as a flrr-rsi ;![". A'. //. KlWjht. 
ladder-dredge (lad'er-drej), . A dredge hav- 
ing buck it sen rried round on a ladder-like chain. 
ladderman (lad'er-man), . ; pi. laddermen 
(-men). In a fire-brigaile, a member of a hook- 
and-ladder company. 
ladder-shell (lad'er-shel), n. Any species of 
^i-ii/(iriii ; a scalariid or wentle-trap: so called 
from the conspicuous ribs, resembling the 
rounds of a ladder. 
ladder-sollar (lad'er-sol'ar), n. In mining, a 
platform at the foot of each ladder in a ladder- 
way. The ladders are usually from 25 to 30 feet in length, 
and between each two Is a sollar or platform, wh< p :>, 
miner changes to another ladder. The object of this ar- 
rangement is to lessen the danger, to both the miner him- 
self and his companions below, which would attend a fall 
from one continuous ladder leading from the top to the 
bottom of the shaft Ladders without sollars are forbid- 
den by law in England. 
ladder-stitch (lad'er-stich), n. 1. An embroi- 
dery-stitch in which cross-bars at equal dis- 
tances are produced between two solid ridges 
of raised work. A variety of this has the cross-bars at 
different angles, producing a row of lozenges or hexagons ; 
it is also carried around curves and in a circle, the cross- 
bars resembling the radiating spokes of a wheel. 
2. A stitch by which a row of crosses is pro- 
duced, the effect of the whole being a continu- 
ous line or ridge of the silk or thread, with 
short cross-bars at regular intervals projecting 
at both sides. 
ladderway (lad'er-wa), n. A space or open- 
ing for ascending and descending by a ladder; 
specifically, in mining, a shaft arranged with a 
system of ladders by which the miners have ac- 
cess to the part of the mine in which their work 
is carried on. In vertical shafts the ladderway (also 
called In England the footway) is usually arranged In a 
separate compartment partitioned off from those used for 
hoisting and pumping. 
ladder-work (lad'er-werk), n. Work done on 
a ladder, as painting, stuccoing, and the like : 
a workmen's term. For such work a ladder is 
often slung horizontally by its ends, to make a 
platform. 
laddess (lad'es), n. [< lad 1 + -ens. See lass 1 .] 
A girl ; a lass. Davies. [Humorous.] 
I know he Is a very amiable lad, and I do not know that 
she is not aa amiable uladdesi. Walpole, Letters, III. 243. 
laddie (lad'i), n. [Dim. of lad 1 .] A lad; a 
boy; a lover. [Now chiefly Scotch.] 
Hobie he had but a laddies aword, 
But he did more than a laddies deed. 
Hobie Noble (Child's Ballads, VI. 103). 
I hae a wife and twa wee laddies. 
Bums, To Dr. Blacklock. 
lade 1 (lad), t'.; pret. laded, pp. laden, laded, ppr. 
lading. [< ME. laden (pret. lod, pp. laden), < 
AS. hladan (pret. Mod, pp. hladen), load, heap 
up, draw out (water), = OS. hladan = OFries. 
hlada = MD. D. laden, MLG. laden = OHG. 
hladan, MHG. G. laden, load, = Icel. hladha = 
Dan. lade = Sw. ladda = Goth, "hlathan (in 
comp. af-hlathan), load, lade. Cf. Russ. Made, 
a load. Hence the noun lade 1 (and load?), la- 
dle, lastf, ballast, etc.; cf. also lathe*. For the 
relation to load, see load?.] J. trans. 1. To put 
a burden, load, or cargo on or in ; load ; charge : 
as, to lade a snip with cotton ; to lade a horse 
with com. [In this sense load is now chieflv 
used, but lade, in the pp. laden, is still common.] 
Okes great, Btrelght as a line, . . . 
With branches bride, lade with leves newe. 
Flower and Leaf, 1. 33. 
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed 
thence. Gen. xlil. 26. 
Ill show thee where the softest cowslips spring, 
And clust'ring nuts their laden branches bend. 
Wartun, Eclogues, viii. 
Cooper he was and carpenter, and wrought 
To make the boatmen fishing-nets, or help'd 
At lading and unlading the tall barks. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
2. Figuratively, to burden ; oppress. 
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden. 
Mat xi 28. 
3. To lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a 
ladle or other utensil: 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. 
Shot., 3 Hen. VI., ill. 2. 139. 
4f. To admit (water). 
WIthynne the ship wiche that Argus made. 
Whlche was so staunche it m^te no water lade. 
MS. Diyby, 230. (HaUiwttt.) 
Laded metal, in plate-ijlass manuf., melted glass trans- 
ferred by a ladle from the melting-pot to the table. 
ladle 
Il.t intrana. 1. To draw water. 
She did not think best to lade at the shallow channel 
/;/. /'"". Contemplations. 
2. San I., to let in water by leakage; leak. 
Wriijlii. 
lade 1 (lad), n. [< ME. lade; orig. a form of what 
is now load?, but now associated with lade 1 ^.: 
see lade 1 , v., and load"*, n.] A load; specifi- 
cally, a bag of meal. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
Als of many smalo conies cs made 
Til a hors Irak a mykel lade. 
Uampole, Prick of Conscience, L 3418. 
A* bee* flee hame wi' ladei o' treasure, 
The minutes wiug'd their way with pleasure. 
Burns, Tarn o' Shantcr. 
lade 2 (lad), ?i. [Avar, of lode 1 , load*.] It. A 
way; course. See lode 1 . 2. A watercourse ; 
a channel for water; a ditch or drain; in Scot- 
land, specifically, a mill-race, especially a head- 
race. 3. The mouth of a river. 
lademan (lad'man), n.; pi. lademen (-men). [A 
var. of lodeman.] 1. A person who has charge 
of a pack-horse. [Scotch.] 2t. A servant em- 
ployed by a miller to return to the owners their 
meal when ground. [Scotch.] 
laden (la'dn). Past participle of lade 1 . 
ladenedt, !>!> An erroneous form of laden. 
We caused our ships ladened with our great artillery 
and victuals to be brought Into the haven. 
Kip. in Scotland (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 117). 
Every prisoner being most grievously ladened with Irons 
on their legs. Munday (Arber's hug. Garner, I. 204). 
lade-pail (lad'pal), . A pail with a long han- 
dle to lade water out with. Halliicell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
ladert (la'der), . [A var. of lodcr.] A lade- 
man. 
ladled, (la'did), a. [< lady + -ed*.] Ladylike ; 
gentle. 
Sores are not to be angulsht with a rustick pressure, 
but gently stroak'd with a laditd hand. 
Feltham, Resolves, L 8. 
ladies'-bedstraw, -cushion, etc. See lady's- 
bedstratc, etc. 
ladifyt(la'di-fi),t>. t. [< lady + -fy.] To render 
ladylike ; make a lady of ; give the title or style 
of lady to. 
A pretty conceit of a nimble-wilted gentlewoman, that 
was worthy to be ladifed for the lest. 
Middleton, Black Book. 
Ladin (la-den'), n. [Rheto-Rornanic ladin (= 
It. ladino), < L. Latinus, Latin: see Latin.] A 
branch of the Rheto-Romanic language spoken 
in the Engadiue in Switzerland and the upper 
Inn valley in Tyrol. See Kheto-Bomanic. 
lading (la'ding), n. [< ME. lading, a loading, 
drawing, < AS. hladunp (Somner), a drawing 
(of water), verbal n. of hladan, lade, load: see 
lade 1 , r.] 1. The act of loading. 
Before they deulded themselues they agreed, after the 
lading of their goods at their seuerall ports, to meet at 
Zante. Stoat, Queen Elizabeth, an. 1585. 
2. That which constitutes a load or cargo; 
freight; burden: as, the lading of a ship. 
I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much 
damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our 
lives/ Act* xxviL 10. 
I have my lading ; . . . you may know whose beast I am 
by my burden. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, UL 1. 
3. In glass-making, the transfer of the glass into 
the cuvettes Bill of lading. See MU3. BUla of 
Lading Act. See bilia. 
lading-hole (la'ding-hol), . In glass-ma ntif., 
an aperture in the side of a plate-glass furnace, 
at which the cuvette for carrying the metal is 
introduced or is filled. 
Ladino (lii-de'nd), n. [Sp.,< L. Latinus, Latin: 
see I. a tin.] 1 . The ancient Spanish or Castiliau 
language. 2. A Spanish and Portuguese jar- 
gon spoken by certain Jews in Turkey and else- 
where. 3. In Central America, a half -breed of 
white and Indian parentage ; a mestizo. 
ladkin (lad'kin), n. [< ladi + -kin.] A little 
lad. [Rare.] 
Tharrhon that young ladkin night. 
Dr. U.More, Psychozoia, UL SI. 
ladle (la'dl), H. [< ME. ladel, a ladle, < AS. Ate- 
'/< '. a ladle 
(glossed by 
L. iintlin) 
(ef. hladen, a 
bucket, hleed- 
hwedl, hhed- 
trendel, a 
wheel used in 
drawing wa- 
ter), < hladan, 
lade (water): 
Foundry- ladle. 
A, plate which serves to keep back Impuri- 
ties floating on the metal. 
