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Woad vs Load - What's the difference?

woad | load |

As nouns the difference between woad and load

is that woad is the plant species: Isatis tinctoria while load is a burden; a weight to be carried.

As verbs the difference between woad and load

is that woad is to plant or cultivate woad while load is to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

woad

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The plant .
  • * 1840 , Francis S. Wiggins, The American Farmer's Instructor, Or Practical Agriculturist , page 185,
    • Woad is one of those plants which yield the deep blue colouring matter so greatly valued in the arts — Indigo .
  • * 1997 , Joan Thirsk, Alternative Agriculture: A History , page 80,
    • Woad was then placed on the regular shopping list of alternative crops.
  • * 1998 , Daniel C. Beaver, Parish Communities and Religious Conflict in the Vale of Gloucester, 1590-1690 , page 32,
    • The cultivation of woad had taken hold in southern England during the early 1580s, but this dispute provides the earliest evidence of its cultivation in the fields around Tewkesbury.
  • The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant.
  • * 1814 , , The History of Great Britain Volume XII, 5th Edition, page 309,
    • To prevent this, it was enacted, that no wines of Ga?cony and Guienne, or woads' of Tholou?e, should be imported into England, except in ships belonging to the King, or some of his ?ubjects; and that all ?uch wines and ' woads imported in foreign bottoms ?hould be forfeited.
  • * 1856 , Albrecht Daniel Thaer, The Principles of Practical Agriculture , page 462,
    • But in the middle of the sixteenth century indigo was introduced from the East Indies: and in the seventeenth century its use became extended, and supplanted that of woad .
  • * 1983 , E. B. Fryde, Studies in Medieval Trade and Finance , page 360,
    • Huge quanitities of alum and woad were disembarked each year at Southampton.
  • * 2007 , Richard L. Myers, The 100 Most Important Chemical Compounds: A Reference Guide , page 152,
    • For example, woad , a blue dye obtained from the plant Isatis tinctoria , was used throughout the Mediterannean and Europe and is often identified as indigo.

    Synonyms

    * (the plant) glastum, Isatis tinctoria * (the blue dye) indigo, indigotin

    Related terms

    * woaden * woad-waxen

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To plant or cultivate woad.
  • * 1771 , Arthur Young, The Farmer's Tour through the East of England , page 59,
    • Now as the tenants after woading , pay the ?ame rent as before, one cannot wonder at landlords making use of such an easy method to raise money: but it is the tenants that quarrel most at it; they assert the land to be 7 (s). an acre the worse for it; here then lies the enquiry.
  • * 1968 , Eric Kerridge, The Agricultural Revolution , page 209,
    • Such land was usually woaded for two, three or four years and then corned,.
  • * 1812 , Edmund Burke, The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1811 , page 517,
    • He planted woad on it, and engaged a person from the north to manage it; and the produce was so abundant as to afford immense profit. I believe he only woaded two years, and then let it.
  • To dye with woad.
  • * 1777 , George Clark, The Penal Statutes Abridged, and Alphabetically Arranged , page 111,
    • All woollen goods truly mathered, ?hall be marked with a red ro?e, and a blue ro?e, and all ?uch truly woaded throughout, with a blue ro?e only; and if any per?on shall affix any ?uch mark falsely, he ?hall forfeit, for every piece ?o marked 4l. (?ee under).
  • * 1793 , Charles Viner, A General Abridgment of Law and Equity , Volume 14, page 409,
    • Again?t a dyer for woading''' his cloth only to the third ?tall (whereas the custom of dyers was to '''woad''' it to the fourth ?tall) and then marking it'' with the company's seal ''as if it had been woaded to the fourth ?tall''; he was found guilty of ' woading it only to the third ?tall, and not of ?etting ?uch mark to it, for which rea?on the court was of opinion no judgement ought to be again?t the defendant.
  • * 1809 , Charles Henry Hunt, A Practical Treatise on the Merino and Anglo-Merino Breeds of Sheep , page 64,
    • This wool, when scowered, weighed 50 lbs.; when woaded blue, and picked, 48 lbs.

    External links

    * (Isatis tinctoria) * (Isatis tinctoria) * (comcatlite)

    load

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burden; a weight to be carried.
    • I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
  • (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind .
  • * Dryden
    • Our life's a load .
  • * 2005 , (Coldplay), Green Eyes
    • I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.
  • A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
    • The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
    She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
  • (in combination)
  • (often, in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
    • I got loads of presents for my birthday!
    I got a load of emails about that.
  • The volume of work required to be performed.
    • Will our web servers be able to cope with that load ?
  • (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
    • Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
  • (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
    • I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
  • (engineering) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
  • (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
    • Connect a second 24 ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
  • (obsolete) A unit of measure, often equivalent to the capacity of a waggon, but later becoming more specific measures of weight.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 172:
    • If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.
  • A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
  • The charge of powder for a firearm.
  • (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
    • (Milton)
  • (vulgar, slang) The semen of an ejaculation.
  • * 2006 , John Patrick, Barely Legal , page 102
    • Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out
  • * 2009 , John Butler Wanderlust , page 35
    • It felt so good, I wanted to just keep going until I blew a load down his throat, but I hadn't even seen his ass yet, and I sure didn't want to come yet.

    Synonyms

    * charge, freight

    Derived terms

    * see

    Verb

  • To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
    • The dock workers refused to load the ship.
  • To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
    • The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
    He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
  • To put a load on something.
    • The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading .
  • To receive a load.
    • ''The truck is designed to load easily.
  • To be placed into storage or conveyance.
    • The containers load quickly and easily .
  • To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
    • I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
  • To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
    • Now that you've loaded the film you're ready to start shooting.
  • To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
    • The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
  • To be put into use in an apparatus.
    • The cartridge was designed to load easily.
  • (computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
    • Click OK to load the selected data.
  • (computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
    • This program takes an age to load .
  • (baseball) To put runners on first]], [[second base, second and third bases
    • He walks to load the bases.
  • To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
    • You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
    The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
  • To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
  • To encumber with something negative.
    • The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
  • To place as an encumbrance.
    • The new owners loaded debt on the company.
  • To provide in abundance.
    • He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
    He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
  • (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
    • to load wine
  • (archaic) To magnetize.
    • (Prior)

    Derived terms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * dead load * download * live load * load-bearing * loaded * loading * loadsamoney * load up * payload * shitload * unit load * upload English collective nouns ----