Bible Dictionaries
Ladle

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

(2):

(v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.

(3):

(v. t.) A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.

(4):

(v. t.) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.

(5):

(v. t.) The float of a mill wheel; - called also ladle board.

(6):

(v. t.) To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ladle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/ladle.html. 1828.