LODE-SHIP
Lode"-*ship`, n.
Defn: An old name for a pilot boat.
LODESMAN
Lodes"man, n.
Defn: Same as Loadsman. [Obs.]
LODESTAR
Lode"star`, n.
Defn: Same as Loadstar.
LODESTONE
Lode"stone`, n. (Min.)
Defn: Same as Loadstone.
LODGE Lodge, n. Etym: [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.]
1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. Chaucer. Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. Robert of Brunne. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! Cowper.