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LADEN
LADEN, (chargée, Fr.) the state of a ship when she is charged with a weight or quantity of any sort of merchandizes, or other materials, equal to her tonage or burthen. If the cargo with which she is laden is extremely heavy, her burthen is determined by the weight of the goods; and if it is light, she carries as much as she can stow, to be fit for the purposes of navigation. As a ton in measure is generally estimated at 2000 lb. in weight, a vessel of 200 tons ought accordingly to carry a weight equal to 400,000 lb. when the matter of which the cargo is composed is specifically heavier than the water in which she floats; or, in other words, when the cargo is so heavy that she cannot float high enough, with so great a quantity of it, as her hold will contain.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 169, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0779.html