lading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lading	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lading n goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lade \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lading \Lad"ing\, n. 1. The act of loading. 2. That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. {Bill of lading}. See under {Bill}.