{ Load"man*age, Lode"man*age (?) }, n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or
loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Loads"man, Lodes"man (?) }, n. [Load, lode + man. See Lode.] A pilot.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Load"star`, Lode"star` (?) }, n. [Load, lode + star. See Lode.] A
star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." Shak.
The pilot can no loadstar see.
Spenser.
{ Load"stone`, Lode"stone (?) }, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A
piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle.
See Magnetite.
Loaf (?), n.; pl. Loaves (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlf; akin to G. laib,
OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klëpas.
Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a
large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
Bacon.
Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a
mold.
Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing.] [G.
laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.] To spend time in idleness;
to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.
Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
Loaf"er (?), n. [G. läufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen
to run. See Leap.] One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell.
Loam (?), n. [AS. lm; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th
Lime.] 1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with
organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain.
Hooker.
2. (Founding) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in
making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2. -- Loam
molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an
iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it
is suspended. -- Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.
Loam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming.] To
cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Loam"y (?), a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam;
resembling loam. Bacon.