[f. LADLE sb.] trans. a. To fit up (a water-mill) with ladle boards. b. To lift out with a ladle. Also with out.
1525. in W. H. Turner, Select. Rec. Oxford, 55. Ladillyng of myll, makyng of the flodde yates.
c. 1532. Du Wes, Introd. Fr., in Palsgr., 945. To ladle, espuiser.
1858. Lytton, What will He do? I. iv. Vance ladled out the toddy.
transf. 1873. G. C. Davies, Mount. & Mere, xiii. 202. Insinuate your fingers softly under him and ladle him out.