# lading-can

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
2. A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.

## Source
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