different between loaden vs woaden

English

Etymology 1

From load +? -en.

Verb

loaden (third-person singular simple present loadens, present participle loadening, simple past and past participle loadened)

1. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight
2. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To load a gun or pistol

Etymology 2

From Middle English *loden, lode, variant of laden, y-lade, from Old English hladen, ?ehladen (“loaded, laden”), equivalent to load +? -en (past participle ending). Doublet of laden.

Verb

loaden

1. (archaic) past participle of load

Anagrams

• Delano, deanol, enodal, lead on, loaned, onlead

English

Etymology

From woad +? -en. Compare Old English w?den (“of woad, bluish, purple, woaden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??d?n/
• Rhymes: -??d?n

Adjective

woaden (comparative more woaden, superlative most woaden)

1. (archaic) Of or resembling the color of woad; bluish.
   • a. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Storie of William Canynge

     No costly robes of woaden blue

Related terms

• woad