loadn.

Brit.

/ləʊd/, U.S.

/loʊd/

Forms: Old English lád, Middle English–1500s lode, Middle English lod, Middle English–1500s lood(e, 1500s–1600s loade, 1500s– load. β. northern and ScottishMiddle English–1800s lade, Middle English–1800s laid, (Middle English layde).

Etymology: Old English lád (feminine), way, course, journey, conveyance, corresponding to Old High German leitâ course, leading, procession (Middle High German, modern German leite ), Old Norse leið way, course < Germanic *laiđā (whence *laiđjan to lead v.¹), related to *līþan to go (Old English líðan , Old Norse líða ). The development of meaning has been influenced by the association of the noun with lade v.; in extreme northern dialects this word is not distinguishable < lade n.¹ The words load and lode n. are etymologically identical; the present article includes only those senses in which the modern spelling is load, and obsolete senses akin to these.

†1. Carriage. Also, an act of loading. Obsolete.

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society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > loading

loadc1000

lading1500

loading?1523

charging1569

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun]

loadc1000

freight1463

carriage?1523

running1825

haulage1826

long haul1839

freighting1856

freightage1872

transport-riding1900

c1000 Laws Northumbr. Priests c. 55 in Schmid Gesetze 368 Sunnandæges cypinge we forbeodað..and ælc weorc, and ælce lade, ægðer ge on wæne ge on horse ge on byrdene.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2703 Wanne þe barouns it i-knewe what þay in lode hadde.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 310/2 Loode, or caryage, vectura.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. x^v The more hey may be loded at a lode and the faster it wyll lye.

a. That which is laid upon a person, beast, or vehicle to be carried; a burden. Also, the amount which usually is or can be carried; e.g. cart-load, horse-load, wagon-load.

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society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load

ladec897

seamc950

lastOE

burdena1000

charge?c1225

load?c1225

burnc1375

draughta1400

summerc1400

portage1445

pauchlea1450

fraughtc1450

freightc1503

loadinga1513

carriage1597

ballast1620

cargo1657

porterage1666

freightage1823

smalls1846

journey1859

send-off1909

payload1914

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > a load

back-burden?c1225

load?c1225

carriagea1398

birth1497

freight1618

porterage1666

headload1795

backload1823

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity

load?c1225

tod1530

carriage1597

turn1792

burn1855

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart > load carried by cart

fotherOE

cart-load?c1225

jag1597

court-load1703

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 195 Ȝef an miracle nere..ha hefde iturpled wið him baðe hors & lade dun into helle grunde.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 187/80 He let nime platus of Ire..wel neiȝ ane cartes lode.

a1300 Havelok 895 A carte lode Of segges, laxes, of playces brode, Of grete laumprees, and of eles.

1483 Cath. Angl. 206 A layde, a burdyn.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 467 Thai kest thair ladis [1489 Adv. ladys] doun in hy.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 642 My laid war I laith to lois.

c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 77 Sindrie carears, baith of horse and laiddis.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 64 Æneas bare a liuing loade; Nothing so heauy as these woes of mine.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 113 By strapping the load round the shoulders of the person, who is to bear it.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 38 Where some halt to rest from heavy loads.

1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 99 In January, 1881, 11 car~loads from the mine yielded $190.

b. The specific quantity of a substance which it is customary to load at one time; hence, taken as a unit of measure or weight for certain substances.The equivalence of a load varies considerably according to the locality and to the substance. As a measure, a load of wheat is usually 40 bushels, of lime 64 (in some districts 32) bushels, of timber 50 cubic feet, of hay 36 trusses (= 18 cwt.), of bulrushes 63 bundles, of meal 2 bolls (Sc.). A load of lead ore (in the Peak, Derbyshire) = 9 dishes (see dish n. 6c).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > load as unit of weight

load1384

cark1473

carga1622

1384–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 390 In 3 ladys calcis empt.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2054 Of stree first ther was leyd ful many a lode.

1409 Durham Acc. Roll in Eng. Hist. Rev. XIV. 529 xii lodas continentes cc^mxl petras ferri.

1458 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 220 xl. lod de Baseford ston.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 230 A loode of lyme from Havant.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxliii. 532 Mo then .x. lode of thornes were caryed out to brenne the noble lady.

1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Bvi^v A lode [of coals] that of late yeres for a royall was solde.

1570 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 344 Ane laid of quheit, ane laid of beir, ane laid of aitts.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. iv. 50 The Load of Lead is 175 ll.

1707 J. Ward Young Mathematician's Guide i. iii. 37 Nine of those Dishes they [sc. Derbyshire lead~miners] call a Load of Ore.

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Mjb Three Loads five Dishes will be full enough to make up one Ton Weight.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 93 Hay.—The load contains 36 trusses, each truss being 56 lb.

1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 16 Aug. 396 This rick contains..what they call in Hampshire ten loads of wheat, that is to say, fifty quarters, or four hundred bushels.

1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 255 The load..at Appleby..is [c 1700] for peas, rye and wheat 4 bushels, of [sic] barley and bigg 5 bushels.

1887 J. Dodds in W. Cunningham Diary Introd. p. xviii Though no longer carried on horseback, a load of meal still means two bolls.

1898 Daily News 16 June 7/2 Wheat futures are usually dealt with in ‘loads’. A load is a thousand quarters.

c. The material carried along by a stream in suspension, by saltation, or by traction (by some writers material carried in solution is included); the amount of material so carried; hence, by extension, the material carried by various other natural agents of transportation, as glaciers, winds, and ocean currents.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > that which is carried by glaciers, etc.

load1888

1888 J. W. Powell in Science 16 Nov. 229/2 In erosion and corrasion the material which is transported may be called the ‘load’. The load is transported by two methods, a portion floats with the water, and another portion is driven along the bottom.

1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. iv. 122 The sediment moved by a stream, whether in suspension or at the bottom, is its load.

1950 W. H. Twenhofel Princ. Sedimentation (ed. 2) vi. 226 These figures show that the suspended loads of rivers draining dry areas are larger than the dissolved loads.

1950 W. H. Twenhofel Princ. Sedimentation (ed. 2) vi. 227 The loads of standing bodies of water are small in terms of any unit of volume... There is not a great deal of information respecting loads in the open ocean away from shallow water.

1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 627/2 Load is an additional variable which changes together with flow along a stream wherever it is joined by a tributary.

1970 Jrnl. Glaciol. 9 227 (heading) Contrast between the debris loads of polar and temperate glaciers.

a. A material object or a force, which acts or is conceived as a weight, clog, or the like.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass

weightc1374

load1594

plummet?1623

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. ii. 2 Why droopes my Lord like ouer ripened corne, Hanging the head at Cearies plentious loade.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 972 Farr heavier load thy self expect to feel From my prevailing arme.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 59 O fair Plant..with fruit surcharg'd, Deigns none to ease thy load and taste thy sweet..?

1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 273 The great River of the Amazons..runs up to the Equator with a vast load of Waters.

1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 260 Bleeding..lessens the additional Quantity of Blood, and removes its Load.

1832–52 I. Murray in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 43 The hazle bushes bend nae mair Beneath the lades that crushed them sair.

1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. vi. 317 If the quantity be too great, the bowels become..weakened by their load.

1852 Florist, Fruitist, & Garden Misc. Dec. 273 The luxuriance and profusion, I may say the loads of bloom.

b. The charge of a firearm.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge

shoot1645

charge1653

round1680

load1692

shot1708

recharge1728

feed1839

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xii. 108 What quantity of Powder will be a sufficient Load for such a Piece.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 141 A gun with but one barrel..will, by a single operation on the trigger, discharge six or eight loads in succession.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Load, the charge of a gun.

c. The electrical resistance to a dynamo or motor of the machinery which it drives, apart from its own friction.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > resistance

load1895

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun] > resistance

load1895

1895 S. P. Thompson & E. Thomas Electr. Tab. & Mem. 57 If the dynamo is run at constant speed, the motor also will run of itself at nearly constant speed, whatever its load.

1895 S. P. Thompson & E. Thomas Electr. Tab. & Mem. 82 Lifting Power of Magnets.—The rule is:—Load = a × the square of the cube root of the magnet's own weight.

d. Building. The pressure caused by gravity upon a structure or any part of it.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > load

loading1751

load1871

1871 R. S. Ball Exper. Mech. xi. 172 A structure has to support both its own weight and also any load that may be placed upon it. Thus a railway bridge must at all times sustain what is called a permanent load, and frequently, of course, the weight of one or more trains.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 49 The columns..are..proportioned in thickness to their load, irrespective of their height.

e. Physiology. The amount of resistance to be overcome by the contraction of a muscle.

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1894 E. H. Starling Elem. Human Physiol. 94.

f. Electrical Engineering. The electric power that a generating system is delivering or required to deliver at any given moment. See also baseload n. at base n.¹ Compounds 3a.In the earliest quots. identical with 3c.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > amount processed

load1888

1888 Inst. Mech. Engineers: Proc. Oct. 508 The efficiency of its working was limited to a constant load and a uniform speed, as when the dynamo was supplying a constant current with constant pressure.

1888 Inst. Mech. Engineers: Proc. Oct. 508 In many electric lighting installations..motors were required that would work economically between wide variations of load.

1891 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 106 15 The cost of labour per unit..would continue to decrease as long as the duration of maximum load increased, up to a certain limit.

1894 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 23 79 I found in use in Chicago a system of raising the voltage on the feeders when the pressure falls, owing to the increase of load, by switching in motor dynamos. They have given the name ‘boosters’ to these instruments.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 2/1 Giving a day-load for traction and power and a night-load for light.

1902 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. Load, in a dynamo, the amperes of current delivered by it under any given conditions.

1903 Electr. World & Engineer 23 May 866/2 It is necessary at times of fall and winter peak loads to operate the steam plants in the three combination sub-station and subsidiary steam plants which the company was operating three years ago.

1928 Daily Express 4 June 15/3 We have, in twenty-six years, built up a huge base-load..with an annual output of over 25,000,000 units.

1966 Economist 14 May 734/1 Running charges have, since 1961, differed by day and by night, since costs for the best, base-load stations at night are so much lower than the average running costs in the mixed bag of stations, from good to awful, used by day.

1974 Times 15 Jan. 14/3 A mass switch-off..which would record several million watts being wiped off the national energy load.

g. Electronics. An impedance or circuit that receives the output of a transistor or other device, or in which the output is developed.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > load

load1918

loading1959

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > other electronic circuits

closed circuit1827

magnetic circuit1853

earth return1869

control circuit1892

Armstrong1916

rejector circuit1919

rejector1920

acceptor1921

biotron1921

stabilizer1924

ring modulator1936

squelch1937

load1943

multiar1946

clamp1947

integrating circuit1948

matrix1948

AND gate1959

biocircuit1963

1918 Physical Rev. 12 180 Variations in potential difference are set up between cathode and grid, and these cause variations in the current in the circuit FPR, the power developed in the load R being greater than that fed into the input circuit.

1931 Proc. IRE 19 49 With the pentode..the maximum output was obtained at approximately a 10,000-ohm load.

1943 C. L. Boltz Basic Radio xv. 243 In a receiver the load on the output is a loudspeaker or telephone.

1957 B. I. Bleany & B. Bleaney Electr. & Magn. xiv. 362 In many applications the size of the load is fixed; if, for example, the load is a loud-speaker, its impedance..is generally in the range 5 to 15 ohms.

1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xi. 251 We require a current in the load of 2 mA.

1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xi. 251 Since R_e1 is assumed to be by-passed by a capacitor, the a.c. load consists of R_c1 + R_e1.

h. Colloquial phrase to take a load off (one's feet): to sit or lie down; to relax.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (intransitive)] > from standing

to lop down1839

to take the weight off (one's feet)1936

to take a load off (one's feet)1945

1945 A. Kober Parm Me 35 How's about taking a load off your feet?

1968 ‘J. Hudson’ Case of Need iii. i. 175 ‘Sit down,’ she said. ‘Take a load off.’

4. figurative.

a. A burden (of affliction, sin, responsibility, etc.); something which weighs down, oppresses, or impedes. Esp. in (to take) a load off one's mind: (to bring someone) relief from anxiety.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun]

sorrowOE

ail?c1225

scorpion?c1225

dolec1290

angera1325

anguishc1330

cupa1340

aggrievancea1400

discomfortc1405

afflictionc1429

sytec1440

pressurea1500

constraint1509

tenterhook1532

grief1535

annoying1566

troubler1567

griper1573

vexation1588

infliction1590

trouble1591

temptationc1595

load1600

torment1600

wringer1602

sorance1609

inflicting1611

brusha1616

freighta1631

woe-heart1637

ordeala1658

cut-up1782

unpleasure1792

iron maiden1870

mental cruelty1899

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden

burdenc971

chargec1300

packa1325

burnc1375

fardelc1380

weightc1380

carriagea1556

load1600

taxa1628

overpoise1697

dead weight1720

backload1725

millstone1787

tin kettle1796

nightmare-weight1847

ball and chain1855

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > to relieve one's heart or mind

easec1385

lightena1450

unburden1538

unload1575

physic1589

vent1631

(to take) a load off one's mind1851

free1855

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 28 Those that wring vnder the loade of sorrow.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 157 Sharpe Buckingham vnburthens with his tongue, The enuious Load that lyes vpon his heart.

1673 J. Milton Sonnets xiv, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Meekly thou didst resign this earthy load Of Death, call'd Life.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 34 Our Life's a Load.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson Introd. sig. d2^v When I consider..of how tedious, and often unintelligible, a load of description it [sc. drawing] would rid them.

1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 And all that freedom's highest aims can reach, Is but to lay proportion'd loads on each.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 208 One would be willing to owe [to some people]; while from others a favour..is a load.

1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 190 I bear alane my lade o' care.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 175 So did they give the heir the privilege of laying the load upon the personal estate.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xiv, in Writings I. 141 With this thought, a load was lifted from the old man's heart.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel III. x. vi. 132 It is a load off one's mind.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 400 His spirit..sank down under the load of public abhorrence.

1857 C. Dickens & W. Collins in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No., 7 Dec. 31/2 It takes a load off my mind to leave her in your charge.

1951 E. Caldwell Episode in Palmetto vii. 136 It's a big load off my mind to hear you say that.

b. slang. An occurrence of venereal disease; = dose n. 2d. Cf. load v. 4 (quots. 1789, 1817).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > attack of

dose1914

load1937

STD1974

STI1991

1878 Notes & Queries 10 Aug. 105/1 Load, an eruption, measles, smallpox.]

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 488/1 Load, a venereal infection.

1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon ii. 28 They displayed their rubber goods, and..were doubly protected against finding themselves landed with either biological consequences or a load.

c. An amount of work, teaching, etc., to be done by one person; frequently with defining word prefixed, as caseload, teaching load, workload.

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society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > work-load

workload1899

caseload1923

load1946

1946 Nature 17 Aug. 216/2 The scientific study of conditions affecting the work-load involved in various processes.

1950 C. Morris Social Case-work ii. 51 Pseudo-cases are soon dropped from the caseload.

1958 J. C. Herold Mistress to Age (1959) iii. xiv. 294 His teaching load amounted to three and a half hours daily for five days a week.

1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 303/1 He cemented the relationships by careful inquiry into examinations and study load.

1964 in Rep. Comm. Inq. (Univ. of Oxf.) (1966) II. 450 Please give as accurate estimates as you can for your average weekly load this term.

1966 Rep. Comm. Inq. (Univ. of Oxf.) II. 465 A quarter were critical of the heavy teaching load with its consequent adverse effects on research.

1971 Black Scholar Jan. 64/2 (advt.) Normal load is 6 courses per year.

1971 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 18 Dec. 56/2 Teaching loads at white schools often are only a fraction the size of those at black schools.

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a. As much as one can ‘carry’ of drink; (one's) fill; phr. to have (or have taken) one's load, to get one's load, to have a load, etc. (now esp. with on); also, a satisfying amount to eat; (U.S.) a dose of narcotics. slang.

†b. to give (a person) his load: to beat soundly.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

to-beatc893

threshOE

bustc1225

to lay on or upon?c1225

berrya1250

to-bunea1250

touchc1330

arrayc1380

byfrapc1380

boxc1390

swinga1400

forbeatc1420

peal?a1425

routa1425

noddlea1450

forslinger1481

wipe1523

trima1529

baste1533

waulk1533

slip1535

peppera1550

bethwack1555

kembc1566

to beat (a person) black and blue1568

beswinge1568

paik1568

trounce1568

canvass1573

swaddle?1577

bebaste1582

besoop1589

bumfeage1589

dry-beat1589

feague1589

lamback1589

clapperclaw1590

thrash1593

belam1595

lam1595

beswaddle1598

bumfeagle1598

belabour1600

tew1600

flesh-baste1611

dust1612

feeze1612

mill1612

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bethumpa1616

rebuke1619

bemaul1620

tabor1624

maula1627

batterfang1630

dry-baste1630

lambaste1637

thunder-thump1637

cullis1639

dry-banga1640

nuddle1640

sauce1651

feak1652

cotton1654

fustigate1656

brush1665

squab1668

raddle1677

to tan (a person's) hide1679

slam1691

bebump1694

to give (a person) his load1694

fag1699

towel1705

to kick a person's butt1741

fum1790

devel1807

bray1808

to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813

mug1818

to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821

welt1823

hidea1825

slate1825

targe1825

wallop1825

pounce1827

to lay into1838

flake1841

muzzle1843

paste1846

looder1850

frail1851

snake1859

fettle1863

to do over1866

jacket1875

to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877

to take apart1880

splatter1881

to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884

to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886

to do up1887

to —— (the) hell out of1887

to beat — bells out of a person1890

soak1892

to punch out1893

stoush1893

to work over1903

to beat up1907

to punch up1907

cream1929

shellac1930

to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931

duff1943

clobber1944

to fill in1948

to bash up1954

to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976

to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983

beast1990

becurry-

fan-

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. H2^v Ply it till euery man hath tane his load.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 87 Proverbiall Periphrases of one drunk... He has a jagg or load.

1692 R. L'Estrange Life Æsop in Fables (1708) 16 The Cups went round, and Xanthus by this Time had taken his Load, who was mightily given to talk in his Drink.

1692 R. L'Estrange Life Æsop in Fables (1708) clvii. 173 There are Those that can never Sleep without their Load.

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens iii. ix, in tr. Plautus Comedies 188 Give him his load so as he shan't b' able to find the way home.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 369 Then we drank,..the General leapt about..a little while; but having his Load soon went to sleep.

1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) He went home late with a load on.

1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 22/1 A man who walks unsteadily, owing to intoxication, is said to have a load on.

1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 631/2 To get one's load, to be drunk.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 154 After their feed with a good load of fat soup under their belts.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 26 You've got a load on and no mistake.

1929 C. G. Givens in Sat. Evening Post 13 Apr. 54/4 An addict is..a bangster, and a bang is a load, a charge or a hyp of the drug he uses.

1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) vii. 202 What a load you had. Did you get home all right?

1942 P. G. Wodehouse Money in Bank xxvi. 272 Drunk!..He's got a load on that would sink an ocean liner.

1948 V. Palmer Golconda ix. 65 We're not to blame if men get a load on and begin to fight.

1968 C. Nicole Self Lovers ii. 38 I'm sorry about last night. I was carrying a load. Else I'd have recognised you.

c. Mechanics. (See quots.)

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1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. (at cited word) In mech. an engine or other prime mover is said to be loaded when it is working to its full power, and the quantity of work it is then doing is called its load.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Load, the amount of work done by an engine worked up to its capacity. Not to be confounded with duty.

6. loads (also a load): a great number or quantity (esp. of something desirable or nonsensical), ‘lots’, ‘heaps’. colloquial.With the earlier quots. cf. cart-load n. b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount

felec825

muchc1230

good wone1297

plentyc1300

bushelc1374

sight1390

mickle-whata1393

forcea1400

manynessa1400

multitudea1400

packc1400

a good dealc1430

greata1450

sackful1484

power1489

horseloadc1500

mile1508

lump1523

a deal?1532

peckc1535

heapa1547

mass1566

mass1569

gallon1575

armful1579

cart-load1587

mickle1599

bushelful1600–12

a load1609

wreck1612

parisha1616

herd1618

fair share1650

heapa1661

muchness1674

reams1681

hantle1693

mort1694

doll?1719

lift1755

acre1759

beaucoup1760

ton1770

boxload1795

boatload1807

lot1811

dollop1819

swag1819

faggald1824

screed1826

Niagara1828

wad1828

lashings1829

butt1831

slew1839

ocean1840

any amount (of)1848

rake1851

slather1857

horde1860

torrent1864

sheaf1865

oodlesa1867

dead load1869

scad1869

stack1870

jorum1872

a heap sight1874

firlot1883

oodlings1886

chunka1889

whips1888

God's quantity1895

streetful1901

bag1917

fid1920

fleetful1923

mob1927

bucketload1930

pisspot1944

shitload1954

megaton1957

mob-o-ton1975

gazillion1978

buttload1988

shit ton1991

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 19 Loades a grauell in the back, lethergies, could palsies.

1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 205 There is a loade of newes.

1852 A. H. Clough Corr. 15 Nov. (1957) II. 329 Sunday—Loads of talk with Emerson all morning.

1860 J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes (1863) 73 I was very much pleased to get all the home letters on Monday last—This mail I had loads.

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 41 Load of guff, a lot of humbug or nonsense.

1964 Punch 19 Aug. 267/1 And what a load of crap that was.

1965 J. Porter Dover Three x. 123 Her mother had habitually threatened to fetch a policeman when she was naughty and young Eleanor had always thought this was a load of old cod.

1967 Jazz Monthly Dec. 12 Playing a load of rubbish, while sounding quite competent to the casual listener.

1968 Melody Maker 5 Oct. 6/4 Geno Washington says Grapefruit's recent attack on the Maryland Club, Glasgow, was ‘a load of cobblers’. They are one of the best audiences in Britain, says Geno.

1974 A. Morice Killing with Kindness iv. 38 No man is an island... That's what Mike used to say. Mind you, I always thought it was a load of rubbish.

7. Phrases. (Obsolete in a–d.)

a. to lay on load: to deal heavy blows (occasionally to lay load about or about one); figurative to speak with emphasis or exaggeration; to emphasize (the fact) that..; to exaggerate, ‘lay it on thick’; also, to be extravagant in expenditure. Also, to lay on load of reproaches.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase]

to go beyond the moon?c1430

to cast beyond the moon1559

to lay on load?1562

to lay it on with a trowela1616

all (his) geese are swans1621

to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667

to lay it on thick1740

to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778

to come it1796

to make a thing about (also of)1813

to draw with the long-bow1823

to pitch it strong1823

to overegg the pudding1845

to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865

to god it1870

to strong it1964

to stretch it (or things)1965

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)]

to lay on load?1562

lavish1567

to bring one's noble to ninepence1568

to lay it ona1593

overspend1857

plunge1876

splash1934

splurge1934

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (intransitive)] > heavily

swack1488

to lay load about or about one?1562

souse1590

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding > in speech

I saya1300

to lay on load?1562

I vow1590

vowne1785

stress1794

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > heap reproaches on

to lay on load of reproaches?1562

load1662

to lay load on or upon1679

?1562 Thersytes sig. B.ii I wyll..laye on a lode with this lustye clubbe.

1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Kj^v He strake diuers of the Almaines..and laiyng loade about hym, he made such waie that the gate was free.

1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 169 He layeth on lode, that Luther and Caluines authoritie is not like to Christes.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. vi. 19 The Danter then of Trespasses..laies lustie lode about.

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) C. Iulius Cæsar xxviii They fell from wordes to sharpe, and layde on loade amayne.

1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. D Who being both but newelie come to their Fathers lands and goods,..lay on such loade, and spend al their leudnes so fast.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. I3 So dreadfull strokes each did at other driue, And laid on load with all their might and powre.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. iv. 37 They should..lay on thicke load; and strike at their faces with their swords.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exaggerer, to exaggerate, aggravate, lay on load.

1615 J. Day Festivals 234 They lay on load of bitter Reproaches against it.

a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 211 Satan will be busie to lay on loade, and to affright a man with Hell and damnation.

1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. vii. 57 They raile and scoff when er'e he comes abroad, And of his lewd behaviour laies on Load.

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Dd 4/3 They laid much load upon that expression, ils exaggererent beaucoup cette expression.

1832 S. Ferguson Forging of Anchor 22 Leap out, my masters; leap out and lay on load.

b. to lay load on or upon: to belabour with blows; also figurative to blame, reproach.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > load with blows

to lay load on or upon?1550

charge1596

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > heap reproaches on

to lay on load of reproaches?1562

load1662

to lay load on or upon1679

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1663 With hym faught a yong knyght Ech on other laid good lode.]

?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. D.ii Lay lode on the flesshe what so euer befal, You haue strength Inough to do it with all.

c1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (?1570) sig. Fj (stage direct.) Here the wyfe must laye on lode vppon her Husbande.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 36/2 in Chron. I They layd load vpon the Romains with their arrowes and dartes.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. v The vast thumps of massie hammers noise, That on the groning steel laid on such lode.

1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus i. 4 Lay load upon the Court; gull 'em with freedom.

1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 429 The Dutch began to lay Load upon their Allies, for their Backwardness.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 Mnestheus lays hard load upon his Helm.

c. to lay (or cast) the load: to throw the blame.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (transitive)] > throw blame on

witec893

putc1380

pina1627

load1662

to lay (or cast) the loada1715

scapegoat1943

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 251 The load of that marriage was cast on the Lord Clarendon.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 565 It was moved to lay the Load of that Matter on him.

d. to lay on by load: to heap or pile on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > heap or pile up > heap upon

to lay on by load1546

load1580

endorse1834

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iiii He maketh you beleue, by lyes leyde on by lode.

e. to get a load of (frequently imperative): to look at, perceive, make oneself aware of, scrutinize; to listen carefully to. slang (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)]

seekc900

seeOE

searcha1382

takea1382

inquire1390

undergrope?a1412

explore1531

to pry out1548

to scan out1548

to hunt out1576

sound1596

exquire1607

pervestigate1610

pump1611

trace1642

probe1649

to hunt up1741

to pick a person's brains (also brain)1770

verify1801

to get a load of1929

sus1966

1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse (1930) xix. 217 The red~head nurse was getting a load at the keyhole.]

1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Oct. 64/1 I am not so sure..Blake will care to be anybody's husband, and especially Madame La Gimp's after he gets a load of her.

1941 I. Baird He rides Sky 143 What do you think would have happened if Queen Bess had got a load of the Air Force?

1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. ix. 157 Come over here... Get a load of this script.

1966 C. Fenn Pyramid of Night ix. 183 Get a load of that casting couch. What girl wouldn't want to be laid on velvet?

1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xxii. 221 Get a load of that chick over there.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

load goods n.

ΚΠ

1890 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/7 When he left the camp of the Rear Guard he told them that they must not lose their load goods.

load-hauling n.

ΚΠ

1902 Daily Chron. 16 Jan. 3/2 Load-hauling and gradient-climbing.

load wagon n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled)

wainc725

wagon1523

load wagon1659

freighter1885

1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Visible World (1672) 173 A Wagon, which is either a Timber-Wagon or a Load-Wagon.

load-bearing adj.

ΚΠ

1925 Hull & Ingberg Fire Resistance of Concrete Columns 658 Pittsburgh gravel concrete was used in the load-bearing portion and cinder concrete from bituminous cinders in the outer portion.

1947 Horizon Oct. 63 No columns or load-bearing walls intervene.

1961 Architect & Building News 21 June 822/1 The building has massive load-bearing walls facing on to the Fellows' Garden and the College Park.

1974 Times 18 Feb. 12 Facilities include such items as load-bearing ceiling girders.

load-carrying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying > carrying specific thing

load-carrying1611

burden-carrying1768

burden-bearing1793

basket-bearing1834

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Sommier Any toyling, and load-carrying, drudge, or groome.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 June 1/3 The fire-resisting material and the load-carrying material.

1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World Buckminster Fuller 55/1 For this reason the truss has an enormous load-carrying ability.

C2. loadsaddle n., load-water-line n.

load-carrier n. a vehicle with the capacity to accommodate a load.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > capable of carrying a load

load-carrier1962

1962 Times 3 May 19/4 The rear seat can be folded flat to convert the car into an exceptionally roomy load-carrier.

1974 Country Life 21 Nov. 1579/3 A very comfortable car and a handy load carrier.

load cast n. Geology a rounded protrusion on the underside of a stratum (usually one of sandstone), owing to its having sunk before consolidation into the underlying bed (which is usually shale).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > load cast or sole-mark

groove cast1948

load cast1953

sole mark1961

1953 P. H. Kuenen in Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XXXVII. 1048 The base is sharply cut and flat or forms pockets in its substratum, ‘flow casts’ in Shrock's terminology (1948). As this term tends to cause confusion it is here suggested to call them ‘load casts’.

1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles v. 101 Sedimentary structures, including flute casts, load casts, graded bedding, etc., have been described from the arenites.

load-casted adj. modified or covered by a load cast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > load-casted

load-casted1957

1957 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 65 248/1 (heading) Load-casted current markings.

1972 F. J. Pettijohn et al. Sand & Sandstone iv. 123 Load-casted ripples.

load-casting n. the formation of load casts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > subsidence

bump1860

roll1883

overdeepening1901

cauldron subsidence1909

load-casting1953

1953 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 37 1051 They were not formed after deposition by load casting.

1972 F. J. Pettijohn et al. Sand & Sandstone iv. 124 If one turbidite flow follows on the heels of another, conditions are more favorable for load-casting.

load-cell n. an electronic device for weighing large quantities of material.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > electronic, for weighing large quantities

load-cell1958

1958 Engineering 28 Feb. 39 (advt.) A standard range of loadcells designed for industrial weighing.

load curve n. a curve showing the varying output or production of power over a period of time.

ΚΠ

1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 898/1 A curve, the abscissae of which represent time, and the ordinates the rate of expenditure, is called a load curve.

load displacement n.

ΚΠ

1884 Daily News 9 Oct. 5/7 The Rodney..has a load-displacement of 9,740 tons.

load draught n. the displacement or draught of a vessel when laden.

ΚΠ

1898 Daily News 12 Apr. 6/6 Her displacement at load draught will be 15,000 tons.

load factor n. the ratio of the average to the maximum amount of work, power, etc., of consumption to productive capacity, etc.; also, in Aeronautics, (a) the ratio (or its reciprocal) of the weight of an aircraft to the maximum the wings can support, or that of the force exerted on a part of the structure in ordinary horizontal flight to that exerted in some other condition; (b) the ratio of the number of passenger seats occupied to the number available.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > effective operation of energy or force > rate of average to maximum

load factor1891

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [noun] > ratio of weight to maximum supportable

load factor1891

limit load1918

1891 R. E. B. Crompton in Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 106 3 What, for want of a better term, is hereafter called the ‘load-factor’, that is, the relation which the actual output of a plant..bears to what would be its output if worked continuously day and night, at the full load.

1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 569/1 Mr. Crompton has introduced the term ‘load-factor’ to express generally the extent to which central-station plant is usefully employed.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 916 The load factor of the heart, the ratio between its average and its maximum work, is ample.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/1 The ‘load factor’, the proportion between the hours of daily consumption and the productive power.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 21/2 The ‘load factor’ is the number of times the weight of the craft which the wings will support; a measure of the strength.

1943 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 47 195 Allowing for the 65 per cent. load factor which seems to be about the maximum that can be expected on any commercial service under normal peace~time conditions, that would call for an aircraft providing accommodations for 57 passengers.

1950 D. J. Peery Aircraft Struct. iii. 69 The maximum loads which an airplane may be expected to encounter at any time in service are designated as limit loads or applied loads. The load factors associated with these loads are known as limit load factors... For loads which are under the control of the pilot, flight restrictions are used so that the limit load factor is never exceeded.

1962 Times 16 May 15/3 The passenger load factor (the proportion of passenger capacity used) dropped by 1·7 per cent. to 48·1 per cent.

1970 D. Waterfield Continental Waterboy iii. 29 The B.C. Power Commission has a load factor of around 52%.

† load-horse n. Obsolete a pack-horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > pack-horse

summer?a1300

bottle-horsea1414

mail horse1440

sumpter horsec1450

sommier1481

packhorse?a1500

carriage horse1500

sumpter1526

sumpture1567

load-horse1568

loader1600

baggage-horse1640

led horse1662

portmanteau-gelding1694

portmanteau-horse1770

pack pony1850

bât-horse1863

pack1866

1568 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 325 Nether any looder, carye or recarye w^th their loode horse or horses..any maner of corne.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 325 Of load or Pack-horsses.

load line n. (a) = load-water-line n.; (b) Electronics a straight line that crosses the characteristic curves (of output voltage against output current) of a valve or transistor and has a gradient and position determined by the load, so that it represents the possible operating conditions of the device.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > line representing operating conditions

load line1884

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > when laden

waterlinea1625

load-mark-line1711

load-water-line1769

load line1884

1884 H. Spencer in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 727 A compulsory load-line for merchant-vessels.

1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 898/2 The load-line for a central station is that to which attention is to be directed.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 June 8/1 The operation of the load-line tables, which was so dear to the late Mr. Plimsoll.

1901 Scotsman 5 Mar. 7/8 Light loadline bill. This bill..provided for the marking of a second load-line..to indicate the minimum depth to which a vessel might be immersed in water when she was in ballast.

1931 Proc. IRE 19 49 The maximum output will be obtained when the slope of the load line equals minus the slope of the plate current curve.

1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors vii. 140 The straight line passing through the battery-voltage point..has a slope (−1/R_l) corresponding to the resistance R_l of the load and is called the load line.

† load-man n. Obsolete a man who bears or has charge of a load.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > person who

bearereOE

portera1382

carriera1398

load-man1487

coal-heaver1654

light porter1772

toter1817

packer1871

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 466 The layd-men [1489 Adv. laid-men] that persauit weill, Thai kest thair ladis doun in hy.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Lode men, and bere brewers.

† load-mark-line n. Obsolete = load line n.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > when laden

waterlinea1625

load-mark-line1711

load-water-line1769

load line1884

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 91 The Line a. d. is termed the deep Load-mark Line.

load-penny n. Historical a market due anciently levied on loads.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > duty on transport of goods > [noun] > on loading > on loads

load-penny1883

1883 J. R. Green Conq. Eng. ix. 440 The gift of its [sc. Worcester's] market-dues, wain-shilling and load-penny, was the costliest among the many boons which Æthelred and Æthelflæd showered on Bishop Werfrith.

† load-pin n. Obsolete a bar inserted into the side of a wagon, to increase its capacity.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > parts of > body > plank or rail > to increase capacity

cart-staff1297

thripple14..

rathe1459

summer1510

cart-ladder?1523

rail1530

rave1530

shelboard1569

wain-flakes1570

load-pina1642

shelvingsa1642

cop1679

float1686

lade1686

outrigger1794

shelvement1808

sideboard1814

heck1825

hay-rigging1855

floating rail1892

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 143 They..putte the shelvings, loade-pinnes, and pike-stowers of everie waine into her body.

load-rail n.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 357 The load~rail, 9 inches broad, is convenient to sit upon in driving, and to stand upon when forking the sheaves in unloading.

load-shedding n. a temporary curtailment of the supply of electricity to a specific area to prevent excessive load on the generating plant; also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun]

everting1568

deposition1577

discarding1600

excussion1607

dispatch1608

reposition1617

absolution1655

depositing1667

discardment1713

discardurea1762

cashiering1826

dropping1859

discard1906

junking1911

shedding1945

load-shedding1947

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > reduction in supply

shedding1945

load-shedding1947

1947 Times 10 Feb. 2/2 If the saving that was essential was not forthcoming the company would have to resort to load shedding or temporary cuts in supply.

1948 Ann. Reg. 1947 8 The cuts in coal and the ‘load-shedding’—a term now incorporated into the vocabulary of the citizen—were due to ‘the wretched private coal-owners'.

1963 Guardian 29 Apr. 8/6 Lord Longford has announced his resignation as chairman... This is part of the load-shedding of some of his extensive social work.

load-spreading n.

ΚΠ

1951 Engineering 6 Apr. 402/2 Electricity load spreading..necessary..owing to heavy demand for electricity.

load-tree n. a broad rail fixed across the middle of a certain kind of corn or hay cart.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 357 The load-tree or rail.

Draft additions 1997

Computing. [ < load v.] The action of loading a program, etc., into memory; an instance of this. Usually attributive.

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society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [noun] > load

load1962

load-and-go1964

society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [adjective] > loading

load1962

load-and-go1964

1962 Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 42 Load program,..An input routine for reading programs.

1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer iv. 87 The Load which actually updates the system files.

1969 J. Hellwig Introd. Computers & Programming (ed. 2) vi. 172 What does a linkage editor do? It prepares your program for execution, by creating what may be called a load module.

1977 W. S. Davis Operating Syst. ii. 22 Another program, a linkage editor or loader.., performs a number of functions needed to prepare the program for execution on the computer and produces a load module.

1977 W. S. Davis Operating Syst. vii. 103 The asterisk indicates that the phase is to be loaded at the first available location in the partition. This load address can be specified in a number of different ways.

1986 ZX Computing Monthly Oct. 12/1 In one load, the game gives you access to any of the 12 world championship tracks, including Silverstone.

Draft additions 1997

A quantity of items washed or to be washed in a washing machine or dishwasher at one time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > clothes to be or that have been washed > quantity washed in a washing machine

load1926

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > machine for washing table utensils > quantity to be washed at one time

load1926

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 22/1 (advt.) In fifteen minutes or less, the entire load, of 10–1/2 pounds of dry clothes, is immaculately washed and blued.

1935 D. Myerson Homemaker's Handbk. v. 46 In the first load, place sheets, pillowcases, and other garments which are not being boiled or hand-rubbed.

1946 Consumers' Res. Bull. Feb. 10/3 The maximum load for the machine is 9 pounds of clothes.

1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 907/1 Kick-out switch..signals when load is unbalanced.

1972 Which? Jan. 16/1 We based our loads on the size of the wash drum.

1991 Consumers Digest Dec. 111/2 You won't need a liquid-fabric-softener dispenser, of course, if you only plan to use fabric-softener sheets in dryer loads.

Draft additions 1997

under load adv. Mechanics subjected to a load (esp. in senses 3a, 3c, 3d above).

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [phrase] > subjected to a load

under load1893

1893 B. Willis in 13th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1891–2: Pt. 2 250 In strata under load an anticline arises along a line of initial dip, when a thrust, sufficiently powerful to raise the load, is transmitted by a competent stratum.

1928 E. Buckingham Spur Gears xii. 444 Hardened gears are sometimes run together under load with some form of abrasive introduced with the lubricant to smooth the surfaces and correct some of the errors.

1946 W. H. Crouse Automotive Mech. xviii. 413 The gears that are under load when the noise is produced should be examined.

1983 J. S. Foster Struct. & Fabric (rev. ed.) I. iii. 14/1 The overall behaviour of structures under load.

1988 Pract. Motorist Mar. 24/4 Whine is the noise..associated with rear axles, whether under load or on the over-run.

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coarse slang (originally U.S.). An ejaculation of semen. Esp. in to blow (also shoot, etc.) one's load and variants: to ejaculate; (also figurative) to exhaust completely one's energy, abilities, etc.

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1928 Classic Bk. Dirty Jokes (1981) 90 Dropped one load. Got my hard on.

1964 A. Ginsberg Let. 15 Mar. in A. Ginsberg & G. Snyder Sel. Lett. (2009) 71 I not had time for poetry since return, shot all my emotional load on people in Vancouver instead of paper and poems.

1979 A. N. Groth Men who Rape iv. 129 He reached a climax and blew a load into my mouth.

1987 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 4 Nov. 25 c/4 It was like I blew my load my freshmen year, then last year, I passed out when I was a sophomore.

2000 Lett. to Penthouse X 204 My load pumped into Tansy's cunt.

2001 AXM Aug. 122 You can just about trust a man to be interested in you until he's shot his load.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

loadv.

Brit.

/ləʊd/, U.S.

/loʊd/

Forms: Middle English–1500s lode, 1500s loade, 1500s– load. past participle 1500s lode, 1600s load), 1600s– loaded. strong 1500s–1600s loden, 1500s–1700s, 1800s dialect loaden.

Etymology: < load n. The strong past participle loaden was formed on the analogy of laden adj.

a. transitive. To put a load on or in; to furnish with a burden, cargo, or lading; to charge with a load. Frequently in past participle loaded (†loaden) with = laden with, having a load of. loaded down: weighed down with a load.

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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > load

seamc950

ladeOE

fethre?c1225

charge1297

lastc1400

load?1504

laden1514

loaden1568

burden1570

endorse1671

freight1829

sling load1933

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy or weighed down (with)

loaded (loaden) with?1504

aggravate?1518

poised1596

loaden1600

ingravidate1651

loaded1661

loaded down1847

society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo

ladeOE

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fraughtc1400

freightc1503

load?1504

ballasta1616

stow1692

cargo1889

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.vi A shyp..with moche spyces ryght well lode.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 613/1 I lode a carte..This horse is not halfe loden.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas Ep. Ded. sig. A.ij^v I haue lien streaking me (like a lubber) when the sunne did shine, and now I striue al in vaine to loade the carte when it raineth.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 398 Sundrie boates and lighters loaden with prouisions.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. 513 Deploring his condition that his horse being loaden could not run fast.

1775 T. Hutchinson Diary 1 Jan. I. 339 A large Dutch ship..loaden with tea.

1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico (new ed.) 57 The water-carrier loaded down with the weight of his earthen-vessels.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. ii. 33 The men were loading another cart.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 154 Trams, weighing when loaded 25 to 32 cwt. each.

b. intransitive (for reflexive). Of a vehicle: To fill with passengers.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > (of a vehicle) fill with passengers

load1832

1832 Examiner 346/2 Last week the coach travelled nearly empty..[Now] the coach loads better than ever.

1893 Times 4 May 12/2 This coach always loads well.

a. To place on or in a vehicle as a load for transport; to put on board as cargo; †to carry (hay, etc.). In quot. 1495 transferred. †Also with in, out.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > place on or in a vehicle as a load

load1495

to get aboard1577

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. xxix. 790 Castors..laye one of them vpryght on the grounde..and layeth and lodyth the styckes and wode bytwene his legges and thies and draweth him home to their dennes.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii A husbande may well lode out his donge before noone, & to lode hay or corne after noone.

1613 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 184 Ev'ie freeman may loade and carry goods from the waterside.

1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 415 The Dutch Ships which are to have Passports to load in France Wines, Brandy, and other Goods.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 94 We..fetch'd our Luggage, and loaded it.. into the Canoes.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Untry'd Earth Dung..is accordingly loaded in at a great Expence, more particularly in making an Asparagus-Bed.

1743 T. Jones in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 402 The whole Army should..have their baggage loaded..in a readiness to march by break of day.

1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea ii. 32 We were to load mahogany for home.

b. absol. or intransitive. To take in one's load or cargo. Also with up.

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society > travel > transport > [verb (intransitive)] > load

load1720

society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > be transported by water [verb (intransitive)] > load

load1720

1720 London Gaz. No. 5836/4 Who has now a Ship loading thereof at St. Katherine's Dock.

1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. (1898) 98 I then Con Cluded to load up and move on the Road Which We did and on loading up the Horses We find seven Hors loads of meet.

1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan xvi. 368 The ‘Macedonian’ sailed for Manila..leaving the ‘Suppy’ to load with the coal purchased at Formosa.

c. reflexive with up.

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1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 139 Next day Hazard, the porter and myself,..loading ourselves up with all we could save, evacuated the North Col Camp.

a. To add or affix a weight to, to add to the weight of (something); to be a weight or burden upon; to bear down or oppress with a material weight; to weight, spec. to weight with lead (see loaded adj.); to increase the resistance in the working of (a machine) by the addition of a weight. loaded with = supporting the weight of. †to load with earth: to bury.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)]

bedelveOE

begraveOE

burya1000

beburyc1000

bifel-ec1000

layc1000

to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE

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inter1303

rekec1330

to lap in leadc1340

to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340

lie1387

to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400

to lay lowa1425

earthc1450

sepulture1490

to put awaya1500

tyrea1500

mould1530

to graith in the grave1535

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to load with earth1578

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to lay up1591

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inurna1616

inhume1616

pit1621

tumulate1623

sepulchrea1626

turf1628

underlay1639

urna1657

to lay to sleep, asleep1701

envaulta1745

plant1785

ensepulchre1820

sheugh1839

to put under1879

to lay away1885

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to

peisea1450

ballast1566

loaden1568

load1578

poise1586

ingravidate1642

imponderate1667

clog1692

weight1747

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > weight with lead, etc.

plumbc1450

lead1481

load1801

shot1857

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlviii. 205 [The stalkes] being loden [with] litle flowers from the middle even up to the very top.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. v. 52 So their trees were more plentifully loaden with fruites.

1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother v. ii. sig. I1^v When thou hast loaden me with earth for ever.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xiv. 188 Some rich man of mean worth loaden under a tombe big enough for a Prince to bear.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 147 A circling row Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 516 The Phrygian Troops escap'd the Greeks in vain, They, and their mix'd Allies, now load the Plain.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 15. ¶1 The Coach was drawn by six milk-white Horses, and loaden behind with the same Number of powdered Foot-men.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 548 The pond'rous Hammer loads his better Hand.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 313 We were neither disordered nor even loaded by this uncommon repletion.

1793 T. Beddoes Let. to E. Darwin 52 I eat one-third or one-fourth more than before without feeling my stomach loaded.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 97 A bat loaded with lead.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 79 A machine may be so loaded as just to be in equilibrio with its work.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 67 The fresh snow which loaded the mountain.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 304 Many a feast high-pil'd did load each table about them.

1892 E. H. Starling Elem. Human Physiol. 84 The shortening is not very powerful, and can be prevented by loading the muscle moderately.

b. To adulterate by adding something to increase the weight of the article; to make (light or thin wine) appear full-bodied by adulteration.

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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [verb (transitive)] > treat, adulterate, or flavour

abuse1574

trick1594

juniperate1605

parel1615

part1682

pearl1682

manage1686

load1860

liqueur1872

plaster1886

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate > in order to increase weight

load1860

weight1862

1860 [implied in: W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 332 Loaded claret, and sweet port. (at loaded adj. 2)].

1887 Harper's Mag. June 120/1 If the paper is to be ‘loaded’, that is, adulterated with clay or cheap fibres.

c. To provide with additional electrical inductance (e.g. by means of a loading coil) in order either to counteract the effect of capacitance and so reduce the distortion and attenuation of signals (in the case of a telephone line or other transmission line), or to reduce the resonant frequency (in the case of an aerial); more widely, to provide with a load (load n. 3g) consisting of any kind of impedance.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > provide with additional inductance

load1901

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > provide with impedance of any kind

load1970

1901 M. I. Pupin in Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 17 452 Though a given cord may be properly loaded for some wave-length it will not be properly loaded for shorter wave-lengths.

1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 852/2 The effect of loading a line in such a way is approximately the same as though inductance were uniformly distributed along the circuit.

1923 E. W. Marchant Radio Telegr. iii. 26 The frequency of the oscillation in the aerial can be varied by varying its inductance; that is, coils of copper tube may be inserted which will have the effect of ‘loading’ it, and so bringing down the frequency of the oscillations.

1962 Newnes Conc. Encycl. Electr. Engin. 846/1 Some low-frequency lines are ‘loaded’ with added inductance to give some approximation to the distortionless condition.

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iv. 82 Each source, whether it be radio tuner..or ceramic pickup or tape head, requires to be loaded by a specific value of impedance or within a range of impedance.

4. To supply in excess or overwhelming abundance with. Chiefly in past participle loaded (†loaden) with: charged, fraught, or heavily laden with; having an abundance of. Also to load up with (something).

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the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > laden (with)

loaded (loaden) with1577

ladenc1595

loaden1600

well-freighted1610

laded1630

loadened1638

loaded1661

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > excessively

overchargea1325

plaster1546

cumulate1570

load1577

overglut1586

oversupply1865

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > apply in excess

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overseta1398

overfreightc1475

overburden1532

overload1553

cumulate1570

load1577

heap1582

overcharge1616

overdose1727

overstress1889

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]

tawc893

ermec897

swencheOE

besetOE

bestandc1000

teenOE

baitc1175

grieve?c1225

war?c1225

noyc1300

pursuec1300

travailc1300

to work (also do) annoyc1300

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to hold wakenc1330

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vexc1410

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hag1525

hale1530

exercise1531

to grate on or upon1532

to hold or keep waking1533

infest1533

scourge1540

molestate1543

pinch1548

trounce1551

to shake upa1556

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commacerate1596

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to plague the life out of1746

badger1782

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worry1811

bedevil1823

devil1823

victimize1830

frab1848

mither1848

to pester the life out of1848

haik1855

beplague1870

chevy1872

obsede1876

to get on ——1880

to load up with1880

tail-twist1898

hassle1901

heckle1920

snooter1923

hassle1945

to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946

to bust (a person's) chops1953

noodge1960

monster1967

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 301/1 The Danes beeing loden with riches and spoyles..departed to their Shippes.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxviii. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth vs with benefits.

1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 263 A Rich Noble-Man, notoriously loaden with Crimes.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 69. ⁋1 If a Man be loaded with Riches and Honours.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §71. 78 The Air..may be loaded with a greater quantity of interspersed Vapours.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 22 Aug. (1965) I. 254 The shops [are] loaded with Merchandize.

1789 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (rev. ed.) I. 270 When they have slept in the same bed with one loaded with it [sc. small-pox].

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 212 He returned to Moorshedabad, loaded with disease.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 303 Old Torquil..loaded him with praises and with blessings.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 93 The air of London is so loaded with carbon.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxviii. 435 I loaded them up with paregoric and put them to bed.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. vii. 138 He would have loaded her with gifts, had she been willing to accept them.

1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant iii. 21 He loads up the house with cripples and idiots and stray cats.

1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger i. 8 Other men get married without being loaded up with kids, kids, and then more kids.

a. To put the charge into (a firearm); also absol. to be loaded: (of a body of men) to have their arms charged.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun)

charge1541

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powder1643

shot1681

reload1727

reprime1759

slug1831

cap1856

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 32 To loade a peece.

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 83 She snaps a Pistol at Belfond... Belf. Jun. Thank you Madam: Are not you a Devil? 'Twas loaden.

1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 357 The same principle of reserving the fire with the front line, till the rear support is loaded.

1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 262 Several pieces of heavy ordnance, loaden with grape-shot.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Chron. Drum ii, in 2nd Funeral Napoleon & Chron. Drum 120 They load and fire.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1146 At one operation, these caps are loaded with fulminating-powder.

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 145 How many barrels are loaded?

b. To insert a photographic film or plate in (a camera); also with the film as object.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > load film

load1902

1902 Year Bk. Photogr. 13 (advt.) The ‘Roll Film’ Automan will be preferred by many on account of the ease with which it may be loaded and unloaded in daylight.

1936 Discovery Aug. 237/1 This unique camera..weighs 305 pounds when loaded.

1956 A. L. M. Sowerby Dict. Photogr. (ed. 18) 88 A long roll of film..was loaded into the camera at the factory.

c. To fill (a tobacco-pipe).

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > use as material for smoking [verb (transitive)] > fill pipe or cigarette with tobacco

tamp1920

load1927

1927 ‘F. Lonsdale’ On Approval ii. 66 He crosses to stool down R, and loads his pipe.

6. figurative.

a. To weigh down, burden, oppress (with something immaterial); to clog, encumber.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden

charka1300

chargec1308

cark1330

liea1400

labour1437

onerate1453

endossa1500

onera1500

laden1514

load1526

aggravate1530

lay1530

honorate1533

ladea1538

burden1541

ballast1566

loaden1568

degravate1574

aburden1620

pregravate1654

comble1672

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOOii He shulde..fixe them in his hert, lodyng and chargyng his memory w^t them.

1599 1st Pt. Return fr. Parnassus i. i. 360 And if I live, I'le make a poesie Shall loade thy future's yeares with infamie.

1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 39 Neither are wee loden with those declensions, flexions, and variations, which are incident to many other tongues.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 98 Ouer-great Reuerence of Traditions, which cannot but load the Church.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 5 Load with the filth of dallying Lust and Sin.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 415 And sturdiest Oaks Bow'd their Stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts.

1777 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 272 I have been now for near ten weeks..constantly loaded with a cold.

1865 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius §4 Lest so stern a solitude should load And break thy being.

1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif viii. 257 The frivolous vanities with which Confirmation was loaded, led him to speak in a disparaging tone of it.

absolute.1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 9 A frowne lodeth, and a smile lightneth; to frowne therefore kindly, is a barre to Iellocy: but loading crabbedly, men vndoe themselues speedily.

b. To overwhelm with abuse, reproaches, etc. †Also, to throw blame upon; to charge with something opprobrious.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (transitive)] > throw blame on

witec893

putc1380

pina1627

load1662

to lay (or cast) the loada1715

scapegoat1943

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > heap reproaches on

to lay on load of reproaches?1562

load1662

to lay load on or upon1679

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 144 A few silly men, loaden with the vilest reproaches that the wit of man could invent.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1708) xxv. 31 To be Loaden at every turn with Blows and Reproaches.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 548 These are the Crimes, with which they load the Name of Turnus.

1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 583 They Load his Doctrine with Imposture and Blasphemy.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 272 Every thing was acceptable there, that loaded that Treaty, and these Lords.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 564 The Design was now formed, to load the late Administration all that was possible.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 7 While the Dutch-man..loaded me with all the Curses and injurious Terms his Language could afford.

1901 D. Smith in Expositor Oct. 282 An angry brother once loaded him with abuse.

a. To heap or pile on. rare.

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to lay on by load1546

load1580

endorse1834

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David ix. viii Lord,..Ponder the paines which on me loaden be.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1243 E're long thou shalt lament These braveries in Irons loaden on thee.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iii. 33 The more he sees I can do, the more he loads on.

b. Painting. To lay (colour) on thickly in opaque masses.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > thickly

load1859

lather1885

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 228 In the foreground..the ‘impasto’ should be bold; but in the more brilliant lights, it can scarcely be ‘loaded’ too much.

18.. Art Jrnl. New Ser. 11 10 Masses of white enamel are loaded upon the surface, with a view to further treatment.

8. intransitive.

a. To collect into a load or heap.

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1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. v. 139 The objection to so much concavity or flatness in the fore part of the breast..is the loose earth of the furrow loading there.

b. To become loaded or clogged.

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1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Oysters are apt to load with sand.

a. reflexive and intransitive (Stock-exchange.) To buy heavily of stock.

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1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 136 To ‘load’ one's self with stocks is to buy heavily.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 June 5/2 One of those cornering cliques which are the curse of legitimate trade across the Atlantic appears to have loaded heavily on the chance of an outbreak.

b. passive. to be loaded up: to have large quantities of a thing in hand as security.

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1893 Times 15 Aug. 7/4 No banking system could stand being loaded up with rye year after year.

10. Life Insurance. To increase (a premium) by adding a charge (called the ‘loading’) as a provision against contingencies or for other reasons; to charge (a particular life) with a ‘loaded’ premium. (Cf. loading n. 3.)

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > insure [verb (transitive)] > insurance policy operations

underwrite1622

adjust1720

load1867

sub-underwrite1895

claim1897

twist1906

insure1911

write1931

1867 C. Walford Insur. Guide (ed. 2) 260 Table shewing the process of ‘loading’ rates of premiums: also affording a comparison between the English and Carlisle Rates loaded, and the Northampton net Rates.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 615 If the body-weight bear an undue proportion to the weight of the individual, such cases are either ‘loaded’ or declined as second or third class lives.

11. Psychology. To weight (a result or outcome), to contribute to or be correlated with; also intransitive (const. on), to be correlated (with something else).

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > test of mental ability > factor analysis > [verb] > weight or correlate with

load1931

1931 Psychol. Rev. 38 408 The ministry is loaded high for interest in people and in language but low for science.

1952 R. B. Cattell Factor Analysis xviii. 340 The factor loading (situational index) is not a measure of the mean amount of the contribution of the factor to the situation. For example, the discovery that in a certain collection of books, the factor of weight is loaded 0·6 in thickness and only 0·2 in height simply indicates that for a given weight (overall size) these books vary more in thickness than they do in height—as books on a tidy shelf should.

1970 Liebert & Spiegler Personality vi. 132 As part of the factor analysis, the ratings on each of the 50 trait elements, on which the subjects were rated, were correlated with each of the factors which had been found... The elements which loaded (correlated) most highly both in a positive and in a negative direction (recall that the magnitude of a correlation is independent of its sign) are listed in Table 6–3.

1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 242 Both of these [test variables] were originally predicted to load the insight factor.

1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 88 190 The items loading on Factor I seem to reflect the parent's interests.

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a. to be loaded for bear(s), to be well prepared for an anticipated confrontation, opponent, emergency, etc.; to be ready for anything; also (jocular) drunk; hence to be loaded (for), to be well prepared (for).

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready

Be prepared1579

to stand by1669

poise1773

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

to be loaded (for)1948

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > be ready for

to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1854

to be loaded (for)1888

to cover all the bases1941

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

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drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

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pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

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disguiseda1600

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foxed1611

in one's cups1611

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love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

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temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

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swilled1637

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muckibus1756

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muzzya1795

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pissed1812

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malty1819

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three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

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shot in the neck1830

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pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

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fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

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stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1888 World (N.Y.) 19 Oct. 3/5 Ewing was loaded for bear and was just spoiling for a chance to catch somebody on the bases.

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 22/2 Loaded for bears (American),..signifies that a man is slightly intoxicated, enough to feel ready to confront danger.

1896 Dial. Notes 1 420 Loaded for bear,..3. Said of one who has a big supply of anything... 4. Full of indignation which is likely to be vented upon its object.

1904 F. Crissey Tattlings Retired Politician 423 I caught a gleam in the tail of the President's eye that showed he had been loaded for his caller and had given him this shot with malice aforethought.

1937 San Francisco Examiner 1 Dec. 22/3 (heading) Texans ‘loaded’ for Don contest.

1948 San Francisco News 20 Sept. 15/6 Loyola, supposedly loaded,..was plagued by poor field generalship.

1957 M. Shulman Rally round Flag, Boys! (1958) iv. 55 The O'Sheel woman is coming in loaded for bear this time. She's got some brand-new gimmick, and she's also got a lot of people on her side.

1982 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Don't we also know bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tigers who are always loaded for bear?

1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger x. 199 Christ, but they're loaded for bear, the colonel thought. Not wearing standard-issue uniforms.... Obviously a covert insertion..but they were clearly planning to stay awhile.

b. Computing. To transfer (a program or data) into memory, or into the central processor from a more remote part of memory.

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society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > run or execute [verb (transitive)] > load

load1953

1953 Proc. IRE 41 1274/1 The last section showed how a new program may be loaded from tape, drums, or cards.

1965 IBM Systems Jrnl. 4 66 A file loader program is needed to load the test record system.

1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. ii. 37 The CPU can be told to load a number into its accumulator from a specific cell in the memory.

1981 D. Francis Twice Shy xviii. 210 She nodded, not lifting her eyes from the..job of loading Grantley Basic into a machine that would accept it.

1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 100/2 If you load the program onto a naked machine, it looks for ‘spare’ memory high in the address map and leaves only 5k of itself in the normal address space.

c. To take up a quantity of paint, etc., on (a brush).

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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > load (brush) with paint or paste

load1979

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > take up colour on brush

load1979

1979 C. Hayes Compl. Guide Paint & Draw. Techn. viii. 132 (caption) Fully load the brush.

1984 W. Wharton Scumbler (1986) xi.101 I squeeze the usual pigments, load my brush.

1986 Do it Yourself June 10/2 To load the brush, dip about one third of the bristles into the paint.

1990 M. Roberts In Red Kitchen (1991) 54 I cut lengths of lining paper, loaded my brush with paste, worked it to and fro until each long sheet was well coated.

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load-and-go n. Computing an operating technique in which the loading and execution of a program form one continuous process; usually attributive.

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society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [noun] > load

load1962

load-and-go1964

society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [adjective] > loading

load1962

load-and-go1964

1964 Gloss. Data Processing (Honeywell Inc.) 35/2 Load-and-go.., an operating technique in which there are no stops between the loading and execution phase of a program, and which may include assembly or compilation.

1976 A. Ralston Encycl. Computer Sci. 804/1 The load and go compiler compiles and executes these programs one at a time.

1983 T. S. Frank Introd. PDP-11 & its Assembly Lang. ix. 208 The linker might even begin program execution of the load module, since it knows the program's transfer address. This is the so-called load-and-go mode of loading, editing and linking, which would be accomplished simply by MOVing the program's transfer address into the PC.

1991 Nature 24 Jan. p. xx (advt.) It features an Apple Macintosh II cx computer plus powerful ‘load and go’ software.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	load
释义	loadn. Brit. /ləʊd/, U.S. /loʊd/ Forms: Old English lád, Middle English–1500s lode, Middle English lod, Middle English–1500s lood(e, 1500s–1600s loade, 1500s– load. β. northern and ScottishMiddle English–1800s lade, Middle English–1800s laid, (Middle English layde). Etymology: Old English lád (feminine), way, course, journey, conveyance, corresponding to Old High German leitâ course, leading, procession (Middle High German, modern German leite ), Old Norse leið way, course < Germanic laiđā (whence laiđjan to lead v.¹), related to līþan to go (Old English líðan* , Old Norse líða ). The development of meaning has been influenced by the association of the noun with lade v.; in extreme northern dialects this word is not distinguishable < lade n.¹ The words load and lode n. are etymologically identical; the present article includes only those senses in which the modern spelling is load, and obsolete senses akin to these. †1. Carriage. Also, an act of loading. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > loading loadc1000 lading1500 loading?1523 charging1569 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] loadc1000 freight1463 carriage?1523 running1825 haulage1826 long haul1839 freighting1856 freightage1872 transport-riding1900 c1000 Laws Northumbr. Priests c. 55 in Schmid Gesetze 368 Sunnandæges cypinge we forbeodað..and ælc weorc, and ælce lade, ægðer ge on wæne ge on horse ge on byrdene. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2703 Wanne þe barouns it i-knewe what þay in lode hadde. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 310/2 Loode, or caryage, vectura. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. x^v The more hey may be loded at a lode and the faster it wyll lye. 2. a. That which is laid upon a person, beast, or vehicle to be carried; a burden. Also, the amount which usually is or can be carried; e.g. cart-load, horse-load, wagon-load. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load ladec897 seamc950 lastOE burdena1000 charge?c1225 load?c1225 burnc1375 draughta1400 summerc1400 portage1445 pauchlea1450 fraughtc1450 freightc1503 loadinga1513 carriage1597 ballast1620 cargo1657 porterage1666 freightage1823 smalls1846 journey1859 send-off1909 payload1914 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > a load back-burden?c1225 load?c1225 carriagea1398 birth1497 freight1618 porterage1666 headload1795 backload1823 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity load?c1225 tod1530 carriage1597 turn1792 burn1855 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart > load carried by cart fotherOE cart-load?c1225 jag1597 court-load1703 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 195 Ȝef an miracle nere..ha hefde iturpled wið him baðe hors & lade dun into helle grunde. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 187/80 He let nime platus of Ire..wel neiȝ ane cartes lode. a1300 Havelok 895 A carte lode Of segges, laxes, of playces brode, Of grete laumprees, and of eles. 1483 Cath. Angl. 206 A layde, a burdyn. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 467 Thai kest thair ladis [1489 Adv. ladys] doun in hy. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 642 My laid war I laith to lois. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 77 Sindrie carears, baith of horse and laiddis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 64 Æneas bare a liuing loade; Nothing so heauy as these woes of mine. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 113 By strapping the load round the shoulders of the person, who is to bear it. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 38 Where some halt to rest from heavy loads. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 99 In January, 1881, 11 car~loads from the mine yielded $190. b. The specific quantity of a substance which it is customary to load at one time; hence, taken as a unit of measure or weight for certain substances.The equivalence of a load varies considerably according to the locality and to the substance. As a measure, a load of wheat is usually 40 bushels, of lime 64 (in some districts 32) bushels, of timber 50 cubic feet, of hay 36 trusses (= 18 cwt.), of bulrushes 63 bundles, of meal 2 bolls (Sc.). A load of lead ore (in the Peak, Derbyshire) = 9 dishes (see dish n. 6c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > load as unit of weight load1384 cark1473 carga1622 1384–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 390 In 3 ladys calcis empt. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2054 Of stree first ther was leyd ful many a lode. 1409 Durham Acc. Roll in Eng. Hist. Rev. XIV. 529 xii lodas continentes cc^mxl petras ferri. 1458 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 220 xl. lod de Baseford ston. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 230 A loode of lyme from Havant. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxliii. 532 Mo then .x. lode of thornes were caryed out to brenne the noble lady. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Bvi^v A lode [of coals] that of late yeres for a royall was solde. 1570 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 344 Ane laid of quheit, ane laid of beir, ane laid of aitts. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. iv. 50 The Load of Lead is 175 ll. 1707 J. Ward Young Mathematician's Guide i. iii. 37 Nine of those Dishes they [sc. Derbyshire lead~miners] call a Load of Ore. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Mjb Three Loads five Dishes will be full enough to make up one Ton Weight. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 93 Hay.—The load contains 36 trusses, each truss being 56 lb. 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 16 Aug. 396 This rick contains..what they call in Hampshire ten loads of wheat, that is to say, fifty quarters, or four hundred bushels. 1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 255 The load..at Appleby..is [c 1700] for peas, rye and wheat 4 bushels, of [sic] barley and bigg 5 bushels. 1887 J. Dodds in W. Cunningham Diary Introd. p. xviii Though no longer carried on horseback, a load of meal still means two bolls. 1898 Daily News 16 June 7/2 Wheat futures are usually dealt with in ‘loads’. A load is a thousand quarters. c. The material carried along by a stream in suspension, by saltation, or by traction (by some writers material carried in solution is included); the amount of material so carried; hence, by extension, the material carried by various other natural agents of transportation, as glaciers, winds, and ocean currents. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > that which is carried by glaciers, etc. load1888 1888 J. W. Powell in Science 16 Nov. 229/2 In erosion and corrasion the material which is transported may be called the ‘load’. The load is transported by two methods, a portion floats with the water, and another portion is driven along the bottom. 1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. iv. 122 The sediment moved by a stream, whether in suspension or at the bottom, is its load. 1950 W. H. Twenhofel Princ. Sedimentation (ed. 2) vi. 226 These figures show that the suspended loads of rivers draining dry areas are larger than the dissolved loads. 1950 W. H. Twenhofel Princ. Sedimentation (ed. 2) vi. 227 The loads of standing bodies of water are small in terms of any unit of volume... There is not a great deal of information respecting loads in the open ocean away from shallow water. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 627/2 Load is an additional variable which changes together with flow along a stream wherever it is joined by a tributary. 1970 Jrnl. Glaciol. 9 227 (heading) Contrast between the debris loads of polar and temperate glaciers. 3. a. A material object or a force, which acts or is conceived as a weight, clog, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass weightc1374 load1594 plummet?1623 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. ii. 2 Why droopes my Lord like ouer ripened corne, Hanging the head at Cearies plentious loade. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 972 Farr heavier load thy self expect to feel From my prevailing arme. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 59 O fair Plant..with fruit surcharg'd, Deigns none to ease thy load and taste thy sweet..? View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 273 The great River of the Amazons..runs up to the Equator with a vast load of Waters. 1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 260 Bleeding..lessens the additional Quantity of Blood, and removes its Load. 1832–52 I. Murray in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 43 The hazle bushes bend nae mair Beneath the lades that crushed them sair. 1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion ii. vi. 317 If the quantity be too great, the bowels become..weakened by their load. 1852 Florist, Fruitist, & Garden Misc. Dec. 273 The luxuriance and profusion, I may say the loads of bloom. b. The charge of a firearm. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge shoot1645 charge1653 round1680 load1692 shot1708 recharge1728 feed1839 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xii. 108 What quantity of Powder will be a sufficient Load for such a Piece. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 141 A gun with but one barrel..will, by a single operation on the trigger, discharge six or eight loads in succession. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Load, the charge of a gun. c. The electrical resistance to a dynamo or motor of the machinery which it drives, apart from its own friction. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > resistance load1895 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun] > resistance load1895 1895 S. P. Thompson & E. Thomas Electr. Tab. & Mem. 57 If the dynamo is run at constant speed, the motor also will run of itself at nearly constant speed, whatever its load. 1895 S. P. Thompson & E. Thomas Electr. Tab. & Mem. 82 Lifting Power of Magnets.—The rule is:—Load = a × the square of the cube root of the magnet's own weight. d. Building. The pressure caused by gravity upon a structure or any part of it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > load loading1751 load1871 1871 R. S. Ball Exper. Mech. xi. 172 A structure has to support both its own weight and also any load that may be placed upon it. Thus a railway bridge must at all times sustain what is called a permanent load, and frequently, of course, the weight of one or more trains. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 49 The columns..are..proportioned in thickness to their load, irrespective of their height. e. Physiology. The amount of resistance to be overcome by the contraction of a muscle. ΚΠ 1894 E. H. Starling Elem. Human Physiol. 94. f. Electrical Engineering. The electric power that a generating system is delivering or required to deliver at any given moment. See also baseload n. at base n.¹ Compounds 3a.In the earliest quots. identical with 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > amount processed load1888 1888 Inst. Mech. Engineers: Proc. Oct. 508 The efficiency of its working was limited to a constant load and a uniform speed, as when the dynamo was supplying a constant current with constant pressure. 1888 Inst. Mech. Engineers: Proc. Oct. 508 In many electric lighting installations..motors were required that would work economically between wide variations of load. 1891 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 106 15 The cost of labour per unit..would continue to decrease as long as the duration of maximum load increased, up to a certain limit. 1894 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 23 79 I found in use in Chicago a system of raising the voltage on the feeders when the pressure falls, owing to the increase of load, by switching in motor dynamos. They have given the name ‘boosters’ to these instruments. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 2/1 Giving a day-load for traction and power and a night-load for light. 1902 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. Load, in a dynamo, the amperes of current delivered by it under any given conditions. 1903 Electr. World & Engineer 23 May 866/2 It is necessary at times of fall and winter peak loads to operate the steam plants in the three combination sub-station and subsidiary steam plants which the company was operating three years ago. 1928 Daily Express 4 June 15/3 We have, in twenty-six years, built up a huge base-load..with an annual output of over 25,000,000 units. 1966 Economist 14 May 734/1 Running charges have, since 1961, differed by day and by night, since costs for the best, base-load stations at night are so much lower than the average running costs in the mixed bag of stations, from good to awful, used by day. 1974 Times 15 Jan. 14/3 A mass switch-off..which would record several million watts being wiped off the national energy load. g. Electronics. An impedance or circuit that receives the output of a transistor or other device, or in which the output is developed. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > load load1918 loading1959 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > other electronic circuits closed circuit1827 magnetic circuit1853 earth return1869 control circuit1892 Armstrong1916 rejector circuit1919 rejector1920 acceptor1921 biotron1921 stabilizer1924 ring modulator1936 squelch1937 load1943 multiar1946 clamp1947 integrating circuit1948 matrix1948 AND gate1959 biocircuit1963 1918 Physical Rev. 12 180 Variations in potential difference are set up between cathode and grid, and these cause variations in the current in the circuit FPR, the power developed in the load R being greater than that fed into the input circuit. 1931 Proc. IRE 19 49 With the pentode..the maximum output was obtained at approximately a 10,000-ohm load. 1943 C. L. Boltz Basic Radio xv. 243 In a receiver the load on the output is a loudspeaker or telephone. 1957 B. I. Bleany & B. Bleaney Electr. & Magn. xiv. 362 In many applications the size of the load is fixed; if, for example, the load is a loud-speaker, its impedance..is generally in the range 5 to 15 ohms. 1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xi. 251 We require a current in the load of 2 mA. 1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xi. 251 Since R_e1 is assumed to be by-passed by a capacitor, the a.c. load consists of R_c1 + R_e1. h. Colloquial phrase to take a load off (one's feet): to sit or lie down; to relax. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (intransitive)] > from standing to lop down1839 to take the weight off (one's feet)1936 to take a load off (one's feet)1945 1945 A. Kober Parm Me 35 How's about taking a load off your feet? 1968 ‘J. Hudson’ Case of Need iii. i. 175 ‘Sit down,’ she said. ‘Take a load off.’ 4. figurative. a. A burden (of affliction, sin, responsibility, etc.); something which weighs down, oppresses, or impedes. Esp. in (to take) a load off one's mind: (to bring someone) relief from anxiety. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] sorrowOE ail?c1225 scorpion?c1225 dolec1290 angera1325 anguishc1330 cupa1340 aggrievancea1400 discomfortc1405 afflictionc1429 sytec1440 pressurea1500 constraint1509 tenterhook1532 grief1535 annoying1566 troubler1567 griper1573 vexation1588 infliction1590 trouble1591 temptationc1595 load1600 torment1600 wringer1602 sorance1609 inflicting1611 brusha1616 freighta1631 woe-heart1637 ordeala1658 cut-up1782 unpleasure1792 iron maiden1870 mental cruelty1899 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden burdenc971 chargec1300 packa1325 burnc1375 fardelc1380 weightc1380 carriagea1556 load1600 taxa1628 overpoise1697 dead weight1720 backload1725 millstone1787 tin kettle1796 nightmare-weight1847 ball and chain1855 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > to relieve one's heart or mind easec1385 lightena1450 unburden1538 unload1575 physic1589 vent1631 (to take) a load off one's mind1851 free1855 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 28 Those that wring vnder the loade of sorrow. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 157 Sharpe Buckingham vnburthens with his tongue, The enuious Load that lyes vpon his heart. 1673 J. Milton Sonnets xiv, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Meekly thou didst resign this earthy load Of Death, call'd Life. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 34 Our Life's a Load. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson Introd. sig. d2^v When I consider..of how tedious, and often unintelligible, a load of description it [sc. drawing] would rid them. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 And all that freedom's highest aims can reach, Is but to lay proportion'd loads on each. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 208 One would be willing to owe [to some people]; while from others a favour..is a load. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 190 I bear alane my lade o' care. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 175 So did they give the heir the privilege of laying the load upon the personal estate. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xiv, in Writings I. 141 With this thought, a load was lifted from the old man's heart. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel III. x. vi. 132 It is a load off one's mind. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 400 His spirit..sank down under the load of public abhorrence. 1857 C. Dickens & W. Collins in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No., 7 Dec. 31/2 It takes a load off my mind to leave her in your charge. 1951 E. Caldwell Episode in Palmetto vii. 136 It's a big load off my mind to hear you say that. b. slang. An occurrence of venereal disease; = dose n. 2d. Cf. load v. 4 (quots. 1789, 1817). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > attack of dose1914 load1937 STD1974 STI1991 1878 Notes & Queries 10 Aug. 105/1 Load, an eruption, measles, smallpox.] 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 488/1 Load, a venereal infection. 1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon ii. 28 They displayed their rubber goods, and..were doubly protected against finding themselves landed with either biological consequences or a load. c. An amount of work, teaching, etc., to be done by one person; frequently with defining word prefixed, as caseload, teaching load, workload. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > work-load workload1899 caseload1923 load1946 1946 Nature 17 Aug. 216/2 The scientific study of conditions affecting the work-load involved in various processes. 1950 C. Morris Social Case-work ii. 51 Pseudo-cases are soon dropped from the caseload. 1958 J. C. Herold Mistress to Age (1959) iii. xiv. 294 His teaching load amounted to three and a half hours daily for five days a week. 1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 303/1 He cemented the relationships by careful inquiry into examinations and study load. 1964 in Rep. Comm. Inq. (Univ. of Oxf.) (1966) II. 450 Please give as accurate estimates as you can for your average weekly load this term. 1966 Rep. Comm. Inq. (Univ. of Oxf.) II. 465 A quarter were critical of the heavy teaching load with its consequent adverse effects on research. 1971 Black Scholar Jan. 64/2 (advt.) Normal load is 6 courses per year. 1971 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 18 Dec. 56/2 Teaching loads at white schools often are only a fraction the size of those at black schools. 5. Thesaurus » Categories » a. As much as one can ‘carry’ of drink; (one's) fill; phr. to have (or have taken) one's load, to get one's load, to have a load, etc. (now esp. with on); also, a satisfying amount to eat; (U.S.) a dose of narcotics. slang. †b. to give (a person) his load: to beat soundly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. H2^v Ply it till euery man hath tane his load. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 87 Proverbiall Periphrases of one drunk... He has a jagg or load. 1692 R. L'Estrange Life Æsop in Fables (1708) 16 The Cups went round, and Xanthus by this Time had taken his Load, who was mightily given to talk in his Drink. 1692 R. L'Estrange Life Æsop in Fables (1708) clvii. 173 There are Those that can never Sleep without their Load. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens iii. ix, in tr. Plautus Comedies 188 Give him his load so as he shan't b' able to find the way home. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 369 Then we drank,..the General leapt about..a little while; but having his Load soon went to sleep. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) He went home late with a load on. 1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 22/1 A man who walks unsteadily, owing to intoxication, is said to have a load on. 1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 631/2 To get one's load, to be drunk. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 154 After their feed with a good load of fat soup under their belts. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 26 You've got a load on and no mistake. 1929 C. G. Givens in Sat. Evening Post 13 Apr. 54/4 An addict is..a bangster, and a bang is a load, a charge or a hyp of the drug he uses. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) vii. 202 What a load you had. Did you get home all right? 1942 P. G. Wodehouse Money in Bank xxvi. 272 Drunk!..He's got a load on that would sink an ocean liner. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda ix. 65 We're not to blame if men get a load on and begin to fight. 1968 C. Nicole Self Lovers ii. 38 I'm sorry about last night. I was carrying a load. Else I'd have recognised you. c. Mechanics. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. (at cited word) In mech. an engine or other prime mover is said to be loaded when it is working to its full power, and the quantity of work it is then doing is called its load. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Load, the amount of work done by an engine worked up to its capacity. Not to be confounded with duty. 6. loads (also a load): a great number or quantity (esp. of something desirable or nonsensical), ‘lots’, ‘heaps’. colloquial.With the earlier quots. cf. cart-load n. b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount felec825 muchc1230 good wone1297 plentyc1300 bushelc1374 sight1390 mickle-whata1393 forcea1400 manynessa1400 multitudea1400 packc1400 a good dealc1430 greata1450 sackful1484 power1489 horseloadc1500 mile1508 lump1523 a deal?1532 peckc1535 heapa1547 mass1566 mass1569 gallon1575 armful1579 cart-load1587 mickle1599 bushelful1600–12 a load1609 wreck1612 parisha1616 herd1618 fair share1650 heapa1661 muchness1674 reams1681 hantle1693 mort1694 doll?1719 lift1755 acre1759 beaucoup1760 ton1770 boxload1795 boatload1807 lot1811 dollop1819 swag1819 faggald1824 screed1826 Niagara1828 wad1828 lashings1829 butt1831 slew1839 ocean1840 any amount (of)1848 rake1851 slather1857 horde1860 torrent1864 sheaf1865 oodlesa1867 dead load1869 scad1869 stack1870 jorum1872 a heap sight1874 firlot1883 oodlings1886 chunka1889 whips1888 God's quantity1895 streetful1901 bag1917 fid1920 fleetful1923 mob1927 bucketload1930 pisspot1944 shitload1954 megaton1957 mob-o-ton1975 gazillion1978 buttload1988 shit ton1991 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 19 Loades a grauell in the back, lethergies, could palsies. 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 205 There is a loade of newes. 1852 A. H. Clough Corr. 15 Nov. (1957) II. 329 Sunday—Loads of talk with Emerson all morning. 1860 J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes (1863) 73 I was very much pleased to get all the home letters on Monday last—This mail I had loads. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 41 Load of guff, a lot of humbug or nonsense. 1964 Punch 19 Aug. 267/1 And what a load of crap that was. 1965 J. Porter Dover Three x. 123 Her mother had habitually threatened to fetch a policeman when she was naughty and young Eleanor had always thought this was a load of old cod. 1967 Jazz Monthly Dec. 12 Playing a load of rubbish, while sounding quite competent to the casual listener. 1968 Melody Maker 5 Oct. 6/4 Geno Washington says Grapefruit's recent attack on the Maryland Club, Glasgow, was ‘a load of cobblers’. They are one of the best audiences in Britain, says Geno. 1974 A. Morice Killing with Kindness iv. 38 No man is an island... That's what Mike used to say. Mind you, I always thought it was a load of rubbish. 7. Phrases. (Obsolete in a–d.) a. to lay on load: to deal heavy blows (occasionally to lay load about or about one); figurative to speak with emphasis or exaggeration; to emphasize (the fact) that..; to exaggerate, ‘lay it on thick’; also, to be extravagant in expenditure. Also, to lay on load of reproaches. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase] to go beyond the moon?c1430 to cast beyond the moon1559 to lay on load?1562 to lay it on with a trowela1616 all (his) geese are swans1621 to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667 to lay it on thick1740 to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778 to come it1796 to make a thing about (also of)1813 to draw with the long-bow1823 to pitch it strong1823 to overegg the pudding1845 to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865 to god it1870 to strong it1964 to stretch it (or things)1965 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)] to lay on load?1562 lavish1567 to bring one's noble to ninepence1568 to lay it ona1593 overspend1857 plunge1876 splash1934 splurge1934 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (intransitive)] > heavily swack1488 to lay load about or about one?1562 souse1590 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding > in speech I saya1300 to lay on load?1562 I vow1590 vowne1785 stress1794 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > heap reproaches on to lay on load of reproaches?1562 load1662 to lay load on or upon1679 ?1562 Thersytes sig. B.ii I wyll..laye on a lode with this lustye clubbe. 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Kj^v He strake diuers of the Almaines..and laiyng loade about hym, he made such waie that the gate was free. 1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 169 He layeth on lode, that Luther and Caluines authoritie is not like to Christes. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. vi. 19 The Danter then of Trespasses..laies lustie lode about. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) C. Iulius Cæsar xxviii They fell from wordes to sharpe, and layde on loade amayne. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. D Who being both but newelie come to their Fathers lands and goods,..lay on such loade, and spend al their leudnes so fast. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. I3 So dreadfull strokes each did at other driue, And laid on load with all their might and powre. View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. iv. 37 They should..lay on thicke load; and strike at their faces with their swords. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exaggerer, to exaggerate, aggravate, lay on load. 1615 J. Day Festivals 234 They lay on load of bitter Reproaches against it. a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 211 Satan will be busie to lay on loade, and to affright a man with Hell and damnation. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. vii. 57 They raile and scoff when er'e he comes abroad, And of his lewd behaviour laies on Load. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Dd 4/3 They laid much load upon that expression, ils exaggererent beaucoup cette expression. 1832 S. Ferguson Forging of Anchor 22 Leap out, my masters; leap out and lay on load. b. to lay load on or upon: to belabour with blows; also figurative to blame, reproach. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > load with blows to lay load on or upon?1550 charge1596 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > heap reproaches on to lay on load of reproaches?1562 load1662 to lay load on or upon1679 a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1663 With hym faught a yong knyght Ech on other laid good lode.] ?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. D.ii Lay lode on the flesshe what so euer befal, You haue strength Inough to do it with all. c1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (?1570) sig. Fj (stage direct.) Here the wyfe must laye on lode vppon her Husbande. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 36/2 in Chron. I They layd load vpon the Romains with their arrowes and dartes. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. v The vast thumps of massie hammers noise, That on the groning steel laid on such lode. 1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus i. 4 Lay load upon the Court; gull 'em with freedom. 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 429 The Dutch began to lay Load upon their Allies, for their Backwardness. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 Mnestheus lays hard load upon his Helm. c. to lay (or cast) the load: to throw the blame. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (transitive)] > throw blame on witec893 putc1380 pina1627 load1662 to lay (or cast) the loada1715 scapegoat1943 a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 251 The load of that marriage was cast on the Lord Clarendon. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 565 It was moved to lay the Load of that Matter on him. d. to lay on by load: to heap or pile on. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > heap or pile up > heap upon to lay on by load1546 load1580 endorse1834 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iiii He maketh you beleue, by lyes leyde on by lode. e. to get a load of (frequently imperative): to look at, perceive, make oneself aware of, scrutinize; to listen carefully to. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)] seekc900 seeOE searcha1382 takea1382 inquire1390 undergrope?a1412 explore1531 to pry out1548 to scan out1548 to hunt out1576 sound1596 exquire1607 pervestigate1610 pump1611 trace1642 probe1649 to hunt up1741 to pick a person's brains (also brain)1770 verify1801 to get a load of1929 sus1966 1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse (1930) xix. 217 The red~head nurse was getting a load at the keyhole.] 1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Oct. 64/1 I am not so sure..Blake will care to be anybody's husband, and especially Madame La Gimp's after he gets a load of her. 1941 I. Baird He rides Sky 143 What do you think would have happened if Queen Bess had got a load of the Air Force? 1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. ix. 157 Come over here... Get a load of this script. 1966 C. Fenn Pyramid of Night ix. 183 Get a load of that casting couch. What girl wouldn't want to be laid on velvet? 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xxii. 221 Get a load of that chick over there. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. load goods n. ΚΠ 1890 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/7 When he left the camp of the Rear Guard he told them that they must not lose their load goods. load-hauling n. ΚΠ 1902 Daily Chron. 16 Jan. 3/2 Load-hauling and gradient-climbing. load wagon n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) wainc725 wagon1523 load wagon1659 freighter1885 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Visible World (1672) 173 A Wagon, which is either a Timber-Wagon or a Load-Wagon. b. load-bearing adj. ΚΠ 1925 Hull & Ingberg Fire Resistance of Concrete Columns 658 Pittsburgh gravel concrete was used in the load-bearing portion and cinder concrete from bituminous cinders in the outer portion. 1947 Horizon Oct. 63 No columns or load-bearing walls intervene. 1961 Architect & Building News 21 June 822/1 The building has massive load-bearing walls facing on to the Fellows' Garden and the College Park. 1974 Times 18 Feb. 12 Facilities include such items as load-bearing ceiling girders. load-carrying adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying > carrying specific thing load-carrying1611 burden-carrying1768 burden-bearing1793 basket-bearing1834 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Sommier Any toyling, and load-carrying, drudge, or groome. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 June 1/3 The fire-resisting material and the load-carrying material. 1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World Buckminster Fuller 55/1 For this reason the truss has an enormous load-carrying ability. C2. loadsaddle n., load-water-line n. load-carrier n. a vehicle with the capacity to accommodate a load. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > capable of carrying a load load-carrier1962 1962 Times 3 May 19/4 The rear seat can be folded flat to convert the car into an exceptionally roomy load-carrier. 1974 Country Life 21 Nov. 1579/3 A very comfortable car and a handy load carrier. load cast n. Geology a rounded protrusion on the underside of a stratum (usually one of sandstone), owing to its having sunk before consolidation into the underlying bed (which is usually shale). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > load cast or sole-mark groove cast1948 load cast1953 sole mark1961 1953 P. H. Kuenen in Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XXXVII. 1048 The base is sharply cut and flat or forms pockets in its substratum, ‘flow casts’ in Shrock's terminology (1948). As this term tends to cause confusion it is here suggested to call them ‘load casts’. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles v. 101 Sedimentary structures, including flute casts, load casts, graded bedding, etc., have been described from the arenites. load-casted adj. modified or covered by a load cast. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > load-casted load-casted1957 1957 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 65 248/1 (heading) Load-casted current markings. 1972 F. J. Pettijohn et al. Sand & Sandstone iv. 123 Load-casted ripples. load-casting n. the formation of load casts. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > subsidence bump1860 roll1883 overdeepening1901 cauldron subsidence1909 load-casting1953 1953 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 37 1051 They were not formed after deposition by load casting. 1972 F. J. Pettijohn et al. Sand & Sandstone iv. 124 If one turbidite flow follows on the heels of another, conditions are more favorable for load-casting. load-cell n. an electronic device for weighing large quantities of material. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > electronic, for weighing large quantities load-cell1958 1958 Engineering 28 Feb. 39 (advt.) A standard range of loadcells designed for industrial weighing. load curve n. a curve showing the varying output or production of power over a period of time. ΚΠ 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 898/1 A curve, the abscissae of which represent time, and the ordinates the rate of expenditure, is called a load curve. load displacement n. ΚΠ 1884 Daily News 9 Oct. 5/7 The Rodney..has a load-displacement of 9,740 tons. load draught n. the displacement or draught of a vessel when laden. ΚΠ 1898 Daily News 12 Apr. 6/6 Her displacement at load draught will be 15,000 tons. load factor n. the ratio of the average to the maximum amount of work, power, etc., of consumption to productive capacity, etc.; also, in Aeronautics, (a) the ratio (or its reciprocal) of the weight of an aircraft to the maximum the wings can support, or that of the force exerted on a part of the structure in ordinary horizontal flight to that exerted in some other condition; (b) the ratio of the number of passenger seats occupied to the number available. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > effective operation of energy or force > rate of average to maximum load factor1891 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [noun] > ratio of weight to maximum supportable load factor1891 limit load1918 1891 R. E. B. Crompton in Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 106 3 What, for want of a better term, is hereafter called the ‘load-factor’, that is, the relation which the actual output of a plant..bears to what would be its output if worked continuously day and night, at the full load. 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 569/1 Mr. Crompton has introduced the term ‘load-factor’ to express generally the extent to which central-station plant is usefully employed. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 916 The load factor of the heart, the ratio between its average and its maximum work, is ample. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 4/1 The ‘load factor’, the proportion between the hours of daily consumption and the productive power. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 21/2 The ‘load factor’ is the number of times the weight of the craft which the wings will support; a measure of the strength. 1943 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 47 195 Allowing for the 65 per cent. load factor which seems to be about the maximum that can be expected on any commercial service under normal peace~time conditions, that would call for an aircraft providing accommodations for 57 passengers. 1950 D. J. Peery Aircraft Struct. iii. 69 The maximum loads which an airplane may be expected to encounter at any time in service are designated as limit loads or applied loads. The load factors associated with these loads are known as limit load factors... For loads which are under the control of the pilot, flight restrictions are used so that the limit load factor is never exceeded. 1962 Times 16 May 15/3 The passenger load factor (the proportion of passenger capacity used) dropped by 1·7 per cent. to 48·1 per cent. 1970 D. Waterfield Continental Waterboy iii. 29 The B.C. Power Commission has a load factor of around 52%. † load-horse n. Obsolete a pack-horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > pack-horse summer?a1300 bottle-horsea1414 mail horse1440 sumpter horsec1450 sommier1481 packhorse?a1500 carriage horse1500 sumpter1526 sumpture1567 load-horse1568 loader1600 baggage-horse1640 led horse1662 portmanteau-gelding1694 portmanteau-horse1770 pack pony1850 bât-horse1863 pack1866 1568 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 325 Nether any looder, carye or recarye w^th their loode horse or horses..any maner of corne. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 325 Of load or Pack-horsses. load line n. (a) = load-water-line n.; (b) Electronics a straight line that crosses the characteristic curves (of output voltage against output current) of a valve or transistor and has a gradient and position determined by the load, so that it represents the possible operating conditions of the device. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > line representing operating conditions load line1884 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > when laden waterlinea1625 load-mark-line1711 load-water-line1769 load line1884 1884 H. Spencer in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 727 A compulsory load-line for merchant-vessels. 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 41 898/2 The load-line for a central station is that to which attention is to be directed. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 June 8/1 The operation of the load-line tables, which was so dear to the late Mr. Plimsoll. 1901 Scotsman 5 Mar. 7/8 Light loadline bill. This bill..provided for the marking of a second load-line..to indicate the minimum depth to which a vessel might be immersed in water when she was in ballast. 1931 Proc. IRE 19 49 The maximum output will be obtained when the slope of the load line equals minus the slope of the plate current curve. 1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors vii. 140 The straight line passing through the battery-voltage point..has a slope (−1/R_l) corresponding to the resistance R_l of the load and is called the load line. † load-man n. Obsolete a man who bears or has charge of a load. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > person who bearereOE portera1382 carriera1398 load-man1487 coal-heaver1654 light porter1772 toter1817 packer1871 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 466 The layd-men [1489 Adv. laid-men] that persauit weill, Thai kest thair ladis doun in hy. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Lode men, and bere brewers. † load-mark-line n. Obsolete = load line n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > when laden waterlinea1625 load-mark-line1711 load-water-line1769 load line1884 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 91 The Line a. d. is termed the deep Load-mark Line. load-penny n. Historical a market due anciently levied on loads. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > duty on transport of goods > [noun] > on loading > on loads load-penny1883 1883 J. R. Green Conq. Eng. ix. 440 The gift of its [sc. Worcester's] market-dues, wain-shilling and load-penny, was the costliest among the many boons which Æthelred and Æthelflæd showered on Bishop Werfrith. † load-pin n. Obsolete a bar inserted into the side of a wagon, to increase its capacity. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > parts of > body > plank or rail > to increase capacity cart-staff1297 thripple14.. rathe1459 summer1510 cart-ladder?1523 rail1530 rave1530 shelboard1569 wain-flakes1570 load-pina1642 shelvingsa1642 cop1679 float1686 lade1686 outrigger1794 shelvement1808 sideboard1814 heck1825 hay-rigging1855 floating rail1892 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 143 They..putte the shelvings, loade-pinnes, and pike-stowers of everie waine into her body. load-rail n. ΚΠ 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 357 The load~rail, 9 inches broad, is convenient to sit upon in driving, and to stand upon when forking the sheaves in unloading. load-shedding n. a temporary curtailment of the supply of electricity to a specific area to prevent excessive load on the generating plant; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] everting1568 deposition1577 discarding1600 excussion1607 dispatch1608 reposition1617 absolution1655 depositing1667 discardment1713 discardurea1762 cashiering1826 dropping1859 discard1906 junking1911 shedding1945 load-shedding1947 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > reduction in supply shedding1945 load-shedding1947 1947 Times 10 Feb. 2/2 If the saving that was essential was not forthcoming the company would have to resort to load shedding or temporary cuts in supply. 1948 Ann. Reg. 1947 8 The cuts in coal and the ‘load-shedding’—a term now incorporated into the vocabulary of the citizen—were due to ‘the wretched private coal-owners'. 1963 Guardian 29 Apr. 8/6 Lord Longford has announced his resignation as chairman... This is part of the load-shedding of some of his extensive social work. load-spreading n. ΚΠ 1951 Engineering 6 Apr. 402/2 Electricity load spreading..necessary..owing to heavy demand for electricity. load-tree n. a broad rail fixed across the middle of a certain kind of corn or hay cart. ΚΠ 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 357 The load-tree or rail. Draft additions 1997 Computing. [ < load v.] The action of loading a program, etc., into memory; an instance of this. Usually attributive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [noun] > load load1962 load-and-go1964 society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [adjective] > loading load1962 load-and-go1964 1962 Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 42 Load program,..An input routine for reading programs. 1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer iv. 87 The Load which actually updates the system files. 1969 J. Hellwig Introd. Computers & Programming (ed. 2) vi. 172 What does a linkage editor do? It prepares your program for execution, by creating what may be called a load module. 1977 W. S. Davis Operating Syst. ii. 22 Another program, a linkage editor or loader.., performs a number of functions needed to prepare the program for execution on the computer and produces a load module. 1977 W. S. Davis Operating Syst. vii. 103 The asterisk indicates that the phase is to be loaded at the first available location in the partition. This load address can be specified in a number of different ways. 1986 ZX Computing Monthly Oct. 12/1 In one load, the game gives you access to any of the 12 world championship tracks, including Silverstone. Draft additions 1997 A quantity of items washed or to be washed in a washing machine or dishwasher at one time. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > clothes to be or that have been washed > quantity washed in a washing machine load1926 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > machine for washing table utensils > quantity to be washed at one time load1926 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 22/1 (advt.) In fifteen minutes or less, the entire load, of 10–1/2 pounds of dry clothes, is immaculately washed and blued. 1935 D. Myerson Homemaker's Handbk. v. 46 In the first load, place sheets, pillowcases, and other garments which are not being boiled or hand-rubbed. 1946 Consumers' Res. Bull. Feb. 10/3 The maximum load for the machine is 9 pounds of clothes. 1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 907/1 Kick-out switch..signals when load is unbalanced. 1972 Which? Jan. 16/1 We based our loads on the size of the wash drum. 1991 Consumers Digest Dec. 111/2 You won't need a liquid-fabric-softener dispenser, of course, if you only plan to use fabric-softener sheets in dryer loads. Draft additions 1997 under load adv. Mechanics subjected to a load (esp. in senses 3a, 3c, 3d above). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [phrase] > subjected to a load under load1893 1893 B. Willis in 13th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1891–2: Pt. 2 250 In strata under load an anticline arises along a line of initial dip, when a thrust, sufficiently powerful to raise the load, is transmitted by a competent stratum. 1928 E. Buckingham Spur Gears xii. 444 Hardened gears are sometimes run together under load with some form of abrasive introduced with the lubricant to smooth the surfaces and correct some of the errors. 1946 W. H. Crouse Automotive Mech. xviii. 413 The gears that are under load when the noise is produced should be examined. 1983 J. S. Foster Struct. & Fabric (rev. ed.) I. iii. 14/1 The overall behaviour of structures under load. 1988 Pract. Motorist Mar. 24/4 Whine is the noise..associated with rear axles, whether under load or on the over-run. Draft additions August 2007 coarse slang (originally U.S.). An ejaculation of semen. Esp. in to blow (also shoot, etc.) one's load and variants: to ejaculate; (also figurative) to exhaust completely one's energy, abilities, etc. ΚΠ 1928 Classic Bk. Dirty Jokes (1981) 90 Dropped one load. Got my hard on. 1964 A. Ginsberg Let. 15 Mar. in A. Ginsberg & G. Snyder Sel. Lett. (2009) 71 I not had time for poetry since return, shot all my emotional load on people in Vancouver instead of paper and poems. 1979 A. N. Groth Men who Rape iv. 129 He reached a climax and blew a load into my mouth. 1987 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 4 Nov. 25 c/4 It was like I blew my load my freshmen year, then last year, I passed out when I was a sophomore. 2000 Lett. to Penthouse X 204 My load pumped into Tansy's cunt. 2001 AXM Aug. 122 You can just about trust a man to be interested in you until he's shot his load. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). loadv. Brit. /ləʊd/, U.S. /loʊd/ Forms: Middle English–1500s lode, 1500s loade, 1500s– load. past participle 1500s lode, 1600s load), 1600s– loaded. strong 1500s–1600s loden, 1500s–1700s, 1800s dialect loaden. Etymology: < load n. The strong past participle loaden was formed on the analogy of laden adj. 1. a. transitive. To put a load on or in; to furnish with a burden, cargo, or lading; to charge with a load. Frequently in past participle loaded (†loaden) with = laden with, having a load of. loaded down: weighed down with a load. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > load seamc950 ladeOE fethre?c1225 charge1297 lastc1400 load?1504 laden1514 loaden1568 burden1570 endorse1671 freight1829 sling load1933 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy or weighed down (with) loaded (loaden) with?1504 aggravate?1518 poised1596 loaden1600 ingravidate1651 loaded1661 loaded down1847 society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo ladeOE fill1297 fraughtc1400 freightc1503 load?1504 ballasta1616 stow1692 cargo1889 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.vi A shyp..with moche spyces ryght well lode. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 613/1 I lode a carte..This horse is not halfe loden. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas Ep. Ded. sig. A.ij^v I haue lien streaking me (like a lubber) when the sunne did shine, and now I striue al in vaine to loade the carte when it raineth. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 398 Sundrie boates and lighters loaden with prouisions. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. 513 Deploring his condition that his horse being loaden could not run fast. 1775 T. Hutchinson Diary 1 Jan. I. 339 A large Dutch ship..loaden with tea. 1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico (new ed.) 57 The water-carrier loaded down with the weight of his earthen-vessels. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. ii. 33 The men were loading another cart. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 154 Trams, weighing when loaded 25 to 32 cwt. each. b. intransitive (for reflexive). Of a vehicle: To fill with passengers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > (of a vehicle) fill with passengers load1832 1832 Examiner 346/2 Last week the coach travelled nearly empty..[Now] the coach loads better than ever. 1893 Times 4 May 12/2 This coach always loads well. 2. a. To place on or in a vehicle as a load for transport; to put on board as cargo; †to carry (hay, etc.). In quot. 1495 transferred. †Also with in, out. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > place on or in a vehicle as a load load1495 to get aboard1577 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. xxix. 790 Castors..laye one of them vpryght on the grounde..and layeth and lodyth the styckes and wode bytwene his legges and thies and draweth him home to their dennes. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii A husbande may well lode out his donge before noone, & to lode hay or corne after noone. 1613 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 184 Ev'ie freeman may loade and carry goods from the waterside. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 415 The Dutch Ships which are to have Passports to load in France Wines, Brandy, and other Goods. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 94 We..fetch'd our Luggage, and loaded it.. into the Canoes. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Untry'd Earth Dung..is accordingly loaded in at a great Expence, more particularly in making an Asparagus-Bed. 1743 T. Jones in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 402 The whole Army should..have their baggage loaded..in a readiness to march by break of day. 1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea ii. 32 We were to load mahogany for home. b. absol. or intransitive. To take in one's load or cargo. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (intransitive)] > load load1720 society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > be transported by water [verb (intransitive)] > load load1720 1720 London Gaz. No. 5836/4 Who has now a Ship loading thereof at St. Katherine's Dock. 1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. (1898) 98 I then Con Cluded to load up and move on the Road Which We did and on loading up the Horses We find seven Hors loads of meet. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan xvi. 368 The ‘Macedonian’ sailed for Manila..leaving the ‘Suppy’ to load with the coal purchased at Formosa. c. reflexive with up. ΚΠ 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 139 Next day Hazard, the porter and myself,..loading ourselves up with all we could save, evacuated the North Col Camp. 3. a. To add or affix a weight to, to add to the weight of (something); to be a weight or burden upon; to bear down or oppress with a material weight; to weight, spec. to weight with lead (see loaded adj.); to increase the resistance in the working of (a machine) by the addition of a weight. loaded with = supporting the weight of. †to load with earth: to bury. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] bedelveOE begraveOE burya1000 beburyc1000 bifel-ec1000 layc1000 to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE tombc1275 gravec1300 inter1303 rekec1330 to lap in leadc1340 to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340 lie1387 to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400 to lay lowa1425 earthc1450 sepulture1490 to put awaya1500 tyrea1500 mould1530 to graith in the grave1535 ingrave1535 intumulate1535 sepult1544 intumil?c1550 yird1562 shrinea1566 infera1575 entomb1576 sepelite1577 shroud1577 funeral1578 to load with earth1578 delve1587 to lay up1591 sepulchrize1595 pit-hole1607 infuneral1610 mool1610 inhumate1612 inurna1616 inhume1616 pit1621 tumulate1623 sepulchrea1626 turf1628 underlay1639 urna1657 to lay to sleep, asleep1701 envaulta1745 plant1785 ensepulchre1820 sheugh1839 to put under1879 to lay away1885 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to peisea1450 ballast1566 loaden1568 load1578 poise1586 ingravidate1642 imponderate1667 clog1692 weight1747 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > weight with lead, etc. plumbc1450 lead1481 load1801 shot1857 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlviii. 205 [The stalkes] being loden [with] litle flowers from the middle even up to the very top. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. v. 52 So their trees were more plentifully loaden with fruites. 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother v. ii. sig. I1^v When thou hast loaden me with earth for ever. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xiv. 188 Some rich man of mean worth loaden under a tombe big enough for a Prince to bear. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 147 A circling row Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 516 The Phrygian Troops escap'd the Greeks in vain, They, and their mix'd Allies, now load the Plain. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 15. ¶1 The Coach was drawn by six milk-white Horses, and loaden behind with the same Number of powdered Foot-men. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 548 The pond'rous Hammer loads his better Hand. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 313 We were neither disordered nor even loaded by this uncommon repletion. 1793 T. Beddoes Let. to E. Darwin 52 I eat one-third or one-fourth more than before without feeling my stomach loaded. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 97 A bat loaded with lead. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 79 A machine may be so loaded as just to be in equilibrio with its work. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 67 The fresh snow which loaded the mountain. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 304 Many a feast high-pil'd did load each table about them. 1892 E. H. Starling Elem. Human Physiol. 84 The shortening is not very powerful, and can be prevented by loading the muscle moderately. b. To adulterate by adding something to increase the weight of the article; to make (light or thin wine) appear full-bodied by adulteration. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [verb (transitive)] > treat, adulterate, or flavour abuse1574 trick1594 juniperate1605 parel1615 part1682 pearl1682 manage1686 load1860 liqueur1872 plaster1886 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate > in order to increase weight load1860 weight1862 1860 [implied in: W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 332 Loaded claret, and sweet port. (at loaded adj. 2)]. 1887 Harper's Mag. June 120/1 If the paper is to be ‘loaded’, that is, adulterated with clay or cheap fibres. c. To provide with additional electrical inductance (e.g. by means of a loading coil) in order either to counteract the effect of capacitance and so reduce the distortion and attenuation of signals (in the case of a telephone line or other transmission line), or to reduce the resonant frequency (in the case of an aerial); more widely, to provide with a load (load n. 3g) consisting of any kind of impedance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > provide with additional inductance load1901 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > provide with impedance of any kind load1970 1901 M. I. Pupin in Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 17 452 Though a given cord may be properly loaded for some wave-length it will not be properly loaded for shorter wave-lengths. 1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 852/2 The effect of loading a line in such a way is approximately the same as though inductance were uniformly distributed along the circuit. 1923 E. W. Marchant Radio Telegr. iii. 26 The frequency of the oscillation in the aerial can be varied by varying its inductance; that is, coils of copper tube may be inserted which will have the effect of ‘loading’ it, and so bringing down the frequency of the oscillations. 1962 Newnes Conc. Encycl. Electr. Engin. 846/1 Some low-frequency lines are ‘loaded’ with added inductance to give some approximation to the distortionless condition. 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iv. 82 Each source, whether it be radio tuner..or ceramic pickup or tape head, requires to be loaded by a specific value of impedance or within a range of impedance. 4. To supply in excess or overwhelming abundance with. Chiefly in past participle loaded (†loaden) with: charged, fraught, or heavily laden with; having an abundance of. Also to load up with (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > laden (with) loaded (loaden) with1577 ladenc1595 loaden1600 well-freighted1610 laded1630 loadened1638 loaded1661 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > excessively overchargea1325 plaster1546 cumulate1570 load1577 overglut1586 oversupply1865 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > apply in excess overladea1387 overseta1398 overfreightc1475 overburden1532 overload1553 cumulate1570 load1577 heap1582 overcharge1616 overdose1727 overstress1889 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 301/1 The Danes beeing loden with riches and spoyles..departed to their Shippes. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxviii. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth vs with benefits. View more context for this quotation 1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 263 A Rich Noble-Man, notoriously loaden with Crimes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 69. ⁋1 If a Man be loaded with Riches and Honours. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §71. 78 The Air..may be loaded with a greater quantity of interspersed Vapours. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 22 Aug. (1965) I. 254 The shops [are] loaded with Merchandize. 1789 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (rev. ed.) I. 270 When they have slept in the same bed with one loaded with it [sc. small-pox]. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 212 He returned to Moorshedabad, loaded with disease. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 303 Old Torquil..loaded him with praises and with blessings. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 93 The air of London is so loaded with carbon. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxviii. 435 I loaded them up with paregoric and put them to bed. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. vii. 138 He would have loaded her with gifts, had she been willing to accept them. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant iii. 21 He loads up the house with cripples and idiots and stray cats. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger i. 8 Other men get married without being loaded up with kids, kids, and then more kids. 5. a. To put the charge into (a firearm); also absol. to be loaded: (of a body of men) to have their arms charged. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun) charge1541 mors1552 proine1591 prime1598 load1626 lade1633 powder1643 shot1681 reload1727 reprime1759 slug1831 cap1856 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 32 To loade a peece. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 83 She snaps a Pistol at Belfond... Belf. Jun. Thank you Madam: Are not you a Devil? 'Twas loaden. 1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 357 The same principle of reserving the fire with the front line, till the rear support is loaded. 1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 262 Several pieces of heavy ordnance, loaden with grape-shot. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Chron. Drum ii, in 2nd Funeral Napoleon & Chron. Drum 120 They load and fire. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1146 At one operation, these caps are loaded with fulminating-powder. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 145 How many barrels are loaded? b. To insert a photographic film or plate in (a camera); also with the film as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > load film load1902 1902 Year Bk. Photogr. 13 (advt.) The ‘Roll Film’ Automan will be preferred by many on account of the ease with which it may be loaded and unloaded in daylight. 1936 Discovery Aug. 237/1 This unique camera..weighs 305 pounds when loaded. 1956 A. L. M. Sowerby Dict. Photogr. (ed. 18) 88 A long roll of film..was loaded into the camera at the factory. c. To fill (a tobacco-pipe). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > use as material for smoking [verb (transitive)] > fill pipe or cigarette with tobacco tamp1920 load1927 1927 ‘F. Lonsdale’ On Approval ii. 66 He crosses to stool down R, and loads his pipe. 6. figurative. a. To weigh down, burden, oppress (with something immaterial); to clog, encumber. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden charka1300 chargec1308 cark1330 liea1400 labour1437 onerate1453 endossa1500 onera1500 laden1514 load1526 aggravate1530 lay1530 honorate1533 ladea1538 burden1541 ballast1566 loaden1568 degravate1574 aburden1620 pregravate1654 comble1672 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOOii He shulde..fixe them in his hert, lodyng and chargyng his memory w^t them. 1599 1st Pt. Return fr. Parnassus i. i. 360 And if I live, I'le make a poesie Shall loade thy future's yeares with infamie. 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 39 Neither are wee loden with those declensions, flexions, and variations, which are incident to many other tongues. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 98 Ouer-great Reuerence of Traditions, which cannot but load the Church. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 5 Load with the filth of dallying Lust and Sin. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 415 And sturdiest Oaks Bow'd their Stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts. View more context for this quotation 1777 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 272 I have been now for near ten weeks..constantly loaded with a cold. 1865 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius §4 Lest so stern a solitude should load And break thy being. 1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif viii. 257 The frivolous vanities with which Confirmation was loaded, led him to speak in a disparaging tone of it. absolute.1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 9 A frowne lodeth, and a smile lightneth; to frowne therefore kindly, is a barre to Iellocy: but loading crabbedly, men vndoe themselues speedily. b. To overwhelm with abuse, reproaches, etc. †Also, to throw blame upon; to charge with something opprobrious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (transitive)] > throw blame on witec893 putc1380 pina1627 load1662 to lay (or cast) the loada1715 scapegoat1943 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > heap reproaches on to lay on load of reproaches?1562 load1662 to lay load on or upon1679 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 144 A few silly men, loaden with the vilest reproaches that the wit of man could invent. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1708) xxv. 31 To be Loaden at every turn with Blows and Reproaches. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 548 These are the Crimes, with which they load the Name of Turnus. 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 583 They Load his Doctrine with Imposture and Blasphemy. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 272 Every thing was acceptable there, that loaded that Treaty, and these Lords. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 564 The Design was now formed, to load the late Administration all that was possible. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 7 While the Dutch-man..loaded me with all the Curses and injurious Terms his Language could afford. 1901 D. Smith in Expositor Oct. 282 An angry brother once loaded him with abuse. 7. a. To heap or pile on. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > heap or pile up > heap upon to lay on by load1546 load1580 endorse1834 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David ix. viii Lord,..Ponder the paines which on me loaden be. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1243 E're long thou shalt lament These braveries in Irons loaden on thee. View more context for this quotation 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iii. 33 The more he sees I can do, the more he loads on. b. Painting. To lay (colour) on thickly in opaque masses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > thickly load1859 lather1885 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 228 In the foreground..the ‘impasto’ should be bold; but in the more brilliant lights, it can scarcely be ‘loaded’ too much. 18.. Art Jrnl. New Ser. 11 10 Masses of white enamel are loaded upon the surface, with a view to further treatment. 8. intransitive. a. To collect into a load or heap. ΚΠ 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. v. 139 The objection to so much concavity or flatness in the fore part of the breast..is the loose earth of the furrow loading there. b. To become loaded or clogged. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Oysters are apt to load with sand. 9. a. reflexive and intransitive (Stock-exchange.) To buy heavily of stock. ΚΠ 1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 136 To ‘load’ one's self with stocks is to buy heavily. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 June 5/2 One of those cornering cliques which are the curse of legitimate trade across the Atlantic appears to have loaded heavily on the chance of an outbreak. b. passive. to be loaded up: to have large quantities of a thing in hand as security. ΚΠ 1893 Times 15 Aug. 7/4 No banking system could stand being loaded up with rye year after year. 10. Life Insurance. To increase (a premium) by adding a charge (called the ‘loading’) as a provision against contingencies or for other reasons; to charge (a particular life) with a ‘loaded’ premium. (Cf. loading n. 3.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > insure [verb (transitive)] > insurance policy operations underwrite1622 adjust1720 load1867 sub-underwrite1895 claim1897 twist1906 insure1911 write1931 1867 C. Walford Insur. Guide (ed. 2) 260 Table shewing the process of ‘loading’ rates of premiums: also affording a comparison between the English and Carlisle Rates loaded, and the Northampton net Rates. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 615 If the body-weight bear an undue proportion to the weight of the individual, such cases are either ‘loaded’ or declined as second or third class lives. 11. Psychology. To weight (a result or outcome), to contribute to or be correlated with; also intransitive (const. on), to be correlated (with something else). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > test of mental ability > factor analysis > [verb] > weight or correlate with load1931 1931 Psychol. Rev. 38 408 The ministry is loaded high for interest in people and in language but low for science. 1952 R. B. Cattell Factor Analysis xviii. 340 The factor loading (situational index) is not a measure of the mean amount of the contribution of the factor to the situation. For example, the discovery that in a certain collection of books, the factor of weight is loaded 0·6 in thickness and only 0·2 in height simply indicates that for a given weight (overall size) these books vary more in thickness than they do in height—as books on a tidy shelf should. 1970 Liebert & Spiegler Personality vi. 132 As part of the factor analysis, the ratings on each of the 50 trait elements, on which the subjects were rated, were correlated with each of the factors which had been found... The elements which loaded (correlated) most highly both in a positive and in a negative direction (recall that the magnitude of a correlation is independent of its sign) are listed in Table 6–3. 1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 242 Both of these [test variables] were originally predicted to load the insight factor. 1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 88 190 The items loading on Factor I seem to reflect the parent's interests. Draft additions 1997 a. to be loaded for bear(s), to be well prepared for an anticipated confrontation, opponent, emergency, etc.; to be ready for anything; also (jocular) drunk; hence to be loaded (for), to be well prepared (for). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready Be prepared1579 to stand by1669 poise1773 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 to be loaded (for)1948 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > be ready for to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1854 to be loaded (for)1888 to cover all the bases1941 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1888 World (N.Y.) 19 Oct. 3/5 Ewing was loaded for bear and was just spoiling for a chance to catch somebody on the bases. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 22/2 Loaded for bears (American),..signifies that a man is slightly intoxicated, enough to feel ready to confront danger. 1896 Dial. Notes 1 420 Loaded for bear,..3. Said of one who has a big supply of anything... 4. Full of indignation which is likely to be vented upon its object. 1904 F. Crissey Tattlings Retired Politician 423 I caught a gleam in the tail of the President's eye that showed he had been loaded for his caller and had given him this shot with malice aforethought. 1937 San Francisco Examiner 1 Dec. 22/3 (heading) Texans ‘loaded’ for Don contest. 1948 San Francisco News 20 Sept. 15/6 Loyola, supposedly loaded,..was plagued by poor field generalship. 1957 M. Shulman Rally round Flag, Boys! (1958) iv. 55 The O'Sheel woman is coming in loaded for bear this time. She's got some brand-new gimmick, and she's also got a lot of people on her side. 1982 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Don't we also know bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tigers who are always loaded for bear? 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger x. 199 Christ, but they're loaded for bear, the colonel thought. Not wearing standard-issue uniforms.... Obviously a covert insertion..but they were clearly planning to stay awhile. b. Computing. To transfer (a program or data) into memory, or into the central processor from a more remote part of memory. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > run or execute [verb (transitive)] > load load1953 1953 Proc. IRE 41 1274/1 The last section showed how a new program may be loaded from tape, drums, or cards. 1965 IBM Systems Jrnl. 4 66 A file loader program is needed to load the test record system. 1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. ii. 37 The CPU can be told to load a number into its accumulator from a specific cell in the memory. 1981 D. Francis Twice Shy xviii. 210 She nodded, not lifting her eyes from the..job of loading Grantley Basic into a machine that would accept it. 1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 100/2 If you load the program onto a naked machine, it looks for ‘spare’ memory high in the address map and leaves only 5k of itself in the normal address space. c. To take up a quantity of paint, etc., on (a brush). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > load (brush) with paint or paste load1979 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > take up colour on brush load1979 1979 C. Hayes Compl. Guide Paint & Draw. Techn. viii. 132 (caption) Fully load the brush. 1984 W. Wharton Scumbler (1986) xi.101 I squeeze the usual pigments, load my brush. 1986 Do it Yourself June 10/2 To load the brush, dip about one third of the bristles into the paint. 1990 M. Roberts In Red Kitchen (1991) 54 I cut lengths of lining paper, loaded my brush with paste, worked it to and fro until each long sheet was well coated. Draft additions 1997 load-and-go n. Computing an operating technique in which the loading and execution of a program form one continuous process; usually attributive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [noun] > load load1962 load-and-go1964 society > computing and information technology > programming language > programme execution > [adjective] > loading load1962 load-and-go1964 1964 Gloss. Data Processing (Honeywell Inc.) 35/2 Load-and-go.., an operating technique in which there are no stops between the loading and execution phase of a program, and which may include assembly or compilation. 1976 A. Ralston Encycl. Computer Sci. 804/1 The load and go compiler compiles and executes these programs one at a time. 1983 T. S. Frank Introd. PDP-11 & its Assembly Lang. ix. 208 The linker might even begin program execution of the load module, since it knows the program's transfer address. This is the so-called load-and-go mode of loading, editing and linking, which would be accomplished simply by MOVing the program's transfer address into the PC. 1991 Nature 24 Jan. p. xx (advt.) It features an Apple Macintosh II cx computer plus powerful ‘load and go’ software. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1000v.1495
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