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lode |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lode \Lode\, n. [AS. l[=a]d way journey, fr l[=i][eth]an to go See {Lead} to guide, and cf {Load} a burden.] 1. A water course or way a reach of water. Down that long, dark lode . . . he and his brother skated home in triumph. --C. Kingsley. 2. (Mining) A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lode n : a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: {load}]
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