lode, load

[A. S. lád =a way, a course, from lidhan to go, to travel; cogn, with Icel. leidh a lode, a way; lidha to go, to move; Dan. led = a gate, from lide =to glide on; Sw. led a way, a course, from lid a =to pa on.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 2. "They begin at another place neere-hand, and so drawe by ge e to the main load againe."- Carew : Survey of Cornwall, fo. 10. 2. An open ditch or watercourse for carrying off water from a fen. "There were lakes or lodes several miles in extent."Tom lins on: Level of Hat field Chase , p. 67. II. Technically : 1. Hydr . Eng .: A reach of water in a canal, or slack-water navigation. 2. Mining : A regular vein affording metal.