A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. / (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. / The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.

plural of delapidation

(Scotland, historical) An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.

A surname from Japanese.