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ladle(1) (iou)



ladle noun.

A large spoon with a long handle and cup-shaped bowl, used chiefly for serving or pouring liquids; the contents of such a spoon, a ladleful. OE.
b. A vessel for transporting molten metal or glass in a foundry etc. LME.
c. A long-handled instrument for charging a cannon etc. with loose powder. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
d. In (Scottish) Presbyterian churches: a small wooden box at the end of a long wooden handle used for taking up the collection and Communion tokens. E19.
A float-board of a water-wheel. Also ladle-board. LME.
A tax on grain etc. brought to a burgh market for sale; the amount payable in cash or kind (also ladle dues). Also, the vessel used as the measure in assessing this. Scot. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
ladleful noun as much as a ladle will hold LME.