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r put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. He might such a load To town with his ass carry. Gower.

One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

The act of putting a load on or into.

Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

, the polestar; the cynosure. Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." Shak. The pilot can no loadstar see. Spenser.

A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

A firearm which receives its load at the breech. For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will supersede the saber. Rep. Sec. War (1860).

firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

To load again, as a gun.

Commonly, the whole weight of aëroplane and load divided by the span, or length from tip to tip.

The load, or cargo, of a ship.

nit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.

A motor starter provided with an underload switch.

used to protect certain types of motors from running at excessive speed upon decrease of load.

To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.

One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.