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Ladder
() That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
Laddie
() A lad; a male sweetheart.
Laded
() of Lade
Laded
() of Lade
Laded
() of Lade
Lading
() of Lade
Lade
() To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.
Lade
() To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
Lade
() To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Lade
() To draw water.
Lade
() To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
Lade
() The mouth of a river.
Lade
() A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
Lademan
() One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.
Laden
() Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.
Ladied
() Ladylike; not rough; gentle.
Ladies' eardrops
() The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.
Ladify
() To make a lady of; to make ladylike.
Ladin
() A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
Lading
() The act of loading.
Lading
() That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.
Ladinos
() of Ladino
Ladino
() One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
Ladkin
() A little lad.
Ladle
() A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
Ladle
() A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
Ladle
() The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
Ladle
() An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
Ladle
() A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
Ladled
() of Ladle
Ladling
() of Ladle
Ladle
() To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.
Ladlefuls
() of Ladleful
Ladleful
() A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.
Ladrone
() A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.
Ladies
() of Lady
Lady
() A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
Lady
() A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
Lady
() A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
Lady
() A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.
Lady
() A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
Lady
() A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
Lady
() The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
Lady
() Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
Ladybird
() Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.
Ladybug
() Same as Ladybird.
Ladyclock
() See Ladyrird.
Lady
() The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
Ladyfish
() A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
Ladyfish
() A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.