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A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

hich affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak. Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.

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.

The lading of a ship; also, ballast. Spelman.

ified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.

ons. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. Bouvier. Kent. -- To make ship, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

ature it is called the mate's receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading.

The act of standing. I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. Spectator.

aced drawing. Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.

A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland.

er on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.