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lode (iou)



lode noun. Also (now rare) load.
[Old English lad: see LOAD noun.]
I.
Orig., a course, a way, a journey. Later (dial.), a road, a lane. OE.
Guidance. Only in ME.
A watercourse, a (natural or man-made) channel; an open drain in fenny districts. Now local. LME.
A lodestone; fig. an object of attraction. E16.
Mining. A vein of metal ore. E17.
masterly lode, scovan lode, etc.
II. See LOAD noun.