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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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LAIDEN, v. Also laden. Sc. forms of Eng. (now dial.) loaden, to load (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 225; Per., Fif., Lth., Dmf. 1960). Ppl.adj laden't, laident. Vbl.n. la(i)d(e)ning, loading, a load.

Comb. ladenin time, the time of laying in winter provisions (Sc. 1825 Jam.), though this is prob. a corruption of Laidner, q.v. [ledn]Bte. 1728 Rothesay T.C. Rec. (1935) II. 717:
So unsifficient that its visiblie dangerous for ladned horses to pas theron.Sc. 1773 Boswell Hebrides (1936) 271:
She [a ship] must wait a day for her ladening.Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 18:
Wi' buns an' short bread laiden'd a'.Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 41:
Now we have better roads; an' horses twa, What then wad laden eight, can eithly draw.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 31:
But fifteen stane o' flesh an' bluid, Lord! that was laid'ning for a barrow.m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 143:
A sair road up to Cauldshiel for laden't beas'.Lnk. 1951 G. Rae Howe o' Braefoot 101:
Staun at the meer's heid when I'm ladenin' the van.Sth. 1996 Eddie Davies in Timothy Neat The Summer Walkers: Travelling People and Pearl-Fishers in the Highlands of Scotland 123:
We worked until we saw the darkness coming on and never felt the cold till we were half way home. What a day we had! Dickie said, 'We must tie knots in our pockets to make sure the weight of pearls doesnae break the cotton through.' That's what we did and we came home laidened heavy with pearls.