lade

Etymology 1

From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).

verb

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
   to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
5. (nautical) To admit water by leakage.

noun

1. (Scotland) A load.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).

noun

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.
   Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story. 1873, Henry Kingsley, Oakshott Castle
2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
3. (Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.
   It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers. 1950 January, “Re-Opening of the Eyemouth Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 11
4. (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.