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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lodin, Loaden, v. Also: lodn-, loadin, -on, loadn-. [e.m.E. loden (1568), loaden, f. lode, load n. (Lod(e).] tr. To load, also, to laden, in various senses. = Ladin v. 1607 Acts IV. 370/1.
The … pairtie that lodnit the goodis 1641 Ib. V. (1817) 627/1.
To lose, loaden, disburdein … all … stapill guides 1646 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 104.
Some disaffected persones … have bene so malitious to loadon the suplicantis with … unjust aspersions 1650 Strathbogie Presb. 129.
They … loadined them [horses] with the insicht of his housse a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 257.
Too much insisting on … the infirmities … of others, and loadning and aggreging them with many fearful consequences a 1672 Sel. Biog. I. 301.
He … loadened the peice 1688 Sinclair Weather Glass 21.
So the ascending of the vapors loadneth the atmosphere 1692 Misc. B. Rec. 84.
Walter Macghie lost ane ship … loadning coalls