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A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak. There is a lad here, which hath fire barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9.

A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation. [Written also labdanum.]

of Lead, to guide. Chaucer.

d cross strips or rounds forming steps. Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. Dryden.

A lad; a male sweetheart. [Scot.]

in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. And they laded their asses with the corn. Gen. xlii. 26.

One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs. or Local]

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.

Ladylike; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] "Stroked with a ladied land." Feltham.

The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.

To make a lady of; to make ladylike. [Obs.] Massinger.

A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.

That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. Bill of lading. See under Bill.

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.

A little lad. [R.] Dr. H. More.

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.

A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.

A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.

a, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).

The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.