verb
To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
(nautical) To admit water by leakage.
noun
(Scotland) A load.
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
(Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.
(Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.