WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Lad
Part of Speech : obs.
Definition : Defn: of Lead, to guide Chaucer.

p. p.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lad
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. , Ir. lath. (. Cf. Lass.]
Definition : 1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak. There is a lad here, which hath fire barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9.

2. A companion; a comrade; a mate. Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913