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Webster 1913 Edition
Ladle
1.
A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with
ladles
. Boyle.
2.
(Founding)
A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
3.
The float of a mill wheel; – called also
ladle board
. 4.
(Gun.)
(a)
An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
(b)
A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
Ladle wood
(Bot.)
, the wood of a South African tree (
Cassine Colpoon
), used for carving.La′dle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ladled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ladling
.] 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Ladle
LA'DLE
,Noun.
1.
A utensil somewhat like a dish, with a long handle, used for throwing or dipping out liquor from a vessel.2.
The receptacle of a mill wheel, which receives the water which moves it.3.
In gunnery, an instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.