The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
LADING
cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lading (countable and uncountable, plural ladings)
(countable) The action of loading.
(uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.
Synonyms
• (action of loading): loading
• (cargo): freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment
Verb
lading
present participle of lade
Anagrams
• ligand
Source: Wiktionary
Lad"ing, n.
1. The act of loading.
2. That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. Bill of lading. See under Bill.
LADE
Lade, v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laded (; p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] Etym: [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.]
1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. And they laded their asses with the corn. Gen. xlii. 26.
2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. Shak.
3. (Plate Glass Manuf.)
Definition: To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Lade, v. i. Etym: [See Lade, v. t.]
1. To draw water. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
Lade, n. Etym: [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.]
1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.
2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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