·- ·p.p. of Lead, to guide.
II. Lad ·noun A boy; a youth; a stripling.
III. Lad ·noun A companion; a comrade; a mate.
a boy, youth, or young man. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
In Wood Street (Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
West from Milk Street to Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within, in continuation of Cateaton Street...
a youth between man and boy. ...
a ragged youth, between boy and man. Durham. ...
and OLD YOUTH applied to a healthy man in years : he's a fine old youth. Derb. ...