Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lad \Lad\, n. [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir.
   lath. [root]123. Cf. {Lass}.]
   1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. ``Cupid is a knavish lad.''
      --Shak.

            There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves
            and two small fishes.                 --John vi. 9.

   2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.

   {Lad's love}. (Bot.) See {Boy's love}, under {Boy}.

Source : WordNet®

lad's love
     n : aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a
         bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe [syn: {common
         wormwood}, {absinthe}, {old man}, {Artemisia absinthium}]