cassine colpoon

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cassine colpoon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ladle \La"dle\, n. [AS. hl[ae]del, fr. hladan to load, drain.
     See Lade, v. t.]
     1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle,
        used in lading or dipping.
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              When the materials of glass have been kept long in
              fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt,
              which the workmen take off with ladles. --Boyle.
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     2. (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace
        to the mold.
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     3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
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     4. (Gun.)
        (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
        (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for
            carrying shot.
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     Ladle wood (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree
        (Cassine Colpoon), used for carving.
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