Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lode"
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) 1.7 (wn)
lode
n : a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite
boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: {load}]
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