\Lade\, v. t. [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded}, {Laded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water);
akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel.
hla?a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. {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. --Gen.
                                               xlii. 26.
2. To throw in 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. --Shak.
3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
   the pot to the forming table.

\Lade\, v. i. [See {Lade}, v. t.]
1. To draw water. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

\Lade\, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. {Lode}, {Lead}
to conduct.]
1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson.
2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]