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Laded vs Ladied - What's the difference?

laded | ladied |

As a verb laded

is (lade).

As an adjective ladied is

(obsolete) ladylike; not rough; gentle.

laded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lade)

    • Anagrams

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    lade

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), akin to (etyl) ).

    Verb

  • To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
  • * Bible, Genesis xlii. 26
    • And they laded their asses with the corn.
  • To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
  • To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
    • to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
  • * Shakespeare
    • And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.
  • To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
  • (nautical) To admit water by leakage.
    • Related terms
    * bill of lading * lading

    Etymology 2

    English dialect, a ditch or drain. Compare (lode), (lead) to conduct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.
    • (Bishop Gibson)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
  • (Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    ladied

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) ladylike; not rough; gentle
    • Stroked with a ladied hand. — Feltham.
    (Webster 1913)