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/lˈoʊdɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Loading n.

The act of putting a load on or into.

A load; cargo; burden.

verb

Load v. t. (past & past part. loaded; pres. part. loading)

To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. "I strive all in vain to load the cart." "I have loaden me with many spoils." "Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house."

To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. (Cant)

To magnetize. (Obs.)

Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.

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— Rubur the Conqueror • Jules Verne

... animals, which were not accustomed to the ways of the city, through the streets, and Noddy won a great deal of credit for the vigor and agility with which he discharged his duty. They reached the ferry boat, and crossing, came to the "keers," into which the young drover assisted in loading the cattle. ...

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... the limestone island at the entrance to the harbor, where, in the prison fortress, with its muzzle-loading guns pointing drunkenly at the sky, are buried the political ...

— Once Upon A Time • Richard Harding Davis

... the train slid in on the log landing of the Laguna Grande Lumber Company's main camp, and Bryce dropped off and approached the engineer of the little donkey-engine used for loading ...

— The Valley of the Giants • Peter B. Kyne

... possible in the centre of the land surface of the globe. Its situation, therefore, eminently adapts it to be the great centre of the world's trade—the great distributing centre of the world's products. Its ships can go to the farthest parts of the earth, and, loading themselves with the natural products of these parts, can bring them to its docks without breaking bulk, deposit them there for assortment, and then take them away again to other parts of the earth, and do this more economically than the ships of almost any other port in the world. ...

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