Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lading"
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lading
n : goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {freight}, {load},
{loading}, {payload}, {shipment}, {consignment}]
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