Load

lōd, v.t. to lade or burden: to put on as much as can be carried: to heap on: to put on overmuch: to confer or give in great abundance: to weigh down, to oppre : to weight by something specially added: to charge, as a gun: to make heavy, as a thin wine: to mix with white: to lay on colour in ma es.— v.i. to put or take on a load: to charge a gun: to become loaded or burdened.— n. a lading or burden: as much as can be carried at once: freight or cargo: a measure: any large quantity borne: a quantity sustained with difficulty: that which burdens or grieves: a weight or encumbrance.— Load′en , old pa.p. of load.— ns. Load′er , one who, or that which, loads; Load′ing , the act of lading: a charge, cargo, or lading; Load′ing-machine′ , a contrivance for loading cartridge-shells; Load′ing-tray , an iron frame on which a shot or shell is placed and brought forward into the opening in the breech of a gun; Load′-line , a line along the ship's side to mark the depth to which her proper cargo causes her to sink—also Plimsoll's mark .— Load a cane , whip , to weight it with lead, .; Load dice , to make one side heavier than the other, for purposes of cheating; Load wine , to falsify by mixing it with distilled liquor, sugar, . [A.S. hladan , pa.t. hlód , to load.]