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▪ I. laden, v.|ˈleɪd(ə)n| Also 6 Sc. ladin, ladne, laiden, 7 laidin. [f. lade v. + -en; but perh. partly a Sc. var. of loaden v.] trans. = lade v.
1514Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 89 The..gudis that happinnis to be input and ladnyt in the samyn schippis. 1531Ibid. 142 The losing and laidnyng of schippis. 1579Munday in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 151 Euery prisoner being most grieuously ladened with yrons on their legges. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 356 To ladne him with deceitful leisingis, criminable crymes, and tailes vntrue. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 147 Trees..ladened with..fruits. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 303 They..used him with all curtesie, and ladened him with gifts. 1746W. Horsley Fool (1748) II. No. 63. 94 Let each Mule carry his own Burthen, and not laden him further. 1808–18Jamieson, Ladenin time, the time of laying in winter provisions. 1885C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace I. i. 19 He ladened himself obediently with Edie's belongings. 1890Cushing Bull i' th' Thorn II. xiii. 243 The air was ladened with the fragrance of jasmine. ▪ II. laden, ppl. a.|ˈleɪd(ə)n| [str. pa. pple. of lade v.] Burdened, loaded, weighed down (lit. and fig.). Often in comb. with ns., as sorrow-laden; also heavy-laden.
1595T. Maynarde Drake's Voy. (Hakl. Soc.) 3 A man entering into matters with so laden a foote, that the other's meat would be eaten before his spit could come to the fire. 1693Dryden Ovid's Met. xiii. Acis 118 The laden boughs for you alone shall bear. a1790T. Warton Eclog. iii. 94 Where..clust'ring nuts their laden branches bend. 1850Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. v. 70 The better..impulses of a laden spirit. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Laden, the state of a ship when charged with materials equal to her capacity. 1868Lynch Rivulet clxii. ii, Now mount the laden clouds, Now flames the darkening sky. 1897Daily News 13 Sept. 7/1 The laden trains start hence. ▪ III. laden obs. form of latten, brass. |