Associations to the word «Lode»

Wiktionary

LODE, noun. (obsolete) A way or path; a road.
LODE, noun. (dialectal) a watercourse
LODE, noun. (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
LODE, noun. (by extension) A rich source of supply.
LODE STAR, proper noun. (astronomy) An alternative name for Polaris. Probably so called, because Polaris is the most useful lodestar on the northern sky.

Dictionary definition

LODE, noun. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus