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lad⋅ing

  [ley-ding]
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–noun
1. the act of lading.
2. that with which something is laden; load; freight; cargo.
Origin:
1490–1500; lade + -ing 1

lade

  [leyd] verb, lad⋅ed, lad⋅en or lad⋅ed, lad⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
2. to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive): laden with many responsibilities.
3. to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive): trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.
4. to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.
–verb (used without object)
5. to take on a load.
6. to lade a liquid.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME laden, OE hladan to load, draw up (water); c. D laden, G laden, ON hlatha to load. Cf. ladle

Related forms:
lader, noun
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lade   (lād)   
v.   lad·ed, lad·en (lād'n) or lad·ed, lad·ing, lades

v.   tr.

    1. To load with or as if with cargo.

    2. To place (something) as a load for or as if for shipment.

  2. To burden or oppress; weigh down.

  3. To take up or remove (water) with a ladle or dipper.

v.   intr.

  1. To take on cargo.

  2. To ladle a liquid.


[Middle English laden, from Old English hladan.]
lad·ing   (lā'dĭng)   
n.  

  1. The act of loading.

  2. Cargo; freight.

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Word Origin & History

lade 
O.E. hladan (past tense hlod, pp. gehladen) "to load, heap" (the general Gmc. sense), also "to draw water" (a meaning peculiar to Eng.), from P.Gmc. *khlad- (cf. O.N. hlaða, O.Fris. hlada, O.H.G. hladen, Ger. laden), from PIE *klat- (cf. Lith. kloti "to spread," O.C.S. klado "to set, place"). Lading first attested c.1500. Laden (adj.) first recorded 1595, is from the original pp.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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