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98 words match “LODE”

LODE n. 2 definitions
A water course or way; a reach of water. Down that long, dark lode . . . he and his brother skated home in triumph. C. Kingsley.
LODE-SHIP n.
An old name for a pilot boat.
LODEMANAGE n.
Pilotage. [Obs.]
LODESMAN n.
Same as Loadsman. [Obs.]
LODESTAR n.
Same as Loadstar.
LODESTONE n.
Same as Loadstone.
ARILLODE n.
yle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.
BORDLODE n.
The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W.
DISPLODE v. 2 definitions
To discharge; to explode. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.
EXPLODE v. 7 definitions
anded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
EXPLODENT n. 2 definitions
An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
EXPLODER n. 2 definitions
One who or that which explodes.
GLODE n.
imp. of Glide. Chaucer.
HYLODES n.
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.
IMPLODED a.
Formed by implosion. Ellis.
IMPLODENT n.
An implosive sound. Ellis.
LIFLODE n.
Livelihood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LIVELODE n.
Course of life; means of support; livelihood. [Obs.]
LOADMANAGE; LODEMANAGE n.
Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOADSMAN; LODESMAN n.
A pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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