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LADDER (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch See also: wood and sometimes of See also: metal or rope
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Ladders are generally movable, and differ from a See also: staircase also in having only treads and no " risers." The See also: term " See also: Jacob's ladder," taken from the dream of Jacob in the See also: Bible, is applied to a rope ladder with wooden steps used at See also: sea to go aloft, and to a See also: common garden plant of the genus Polemonium on account of the ladder-like formation of the leaves
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