lodestar, lodesterre

[LOADSTAR.] lõde-stone, s. [LOADSTONE.] 1. The same as LOADSTONE (q. v.). 2. A name given by Cornish miners to a species of stone, or rather a compound of stone and sand of different colors; called also trist one (q. v.). *lodg-a-ble, a. [LODGEABLE.] lodge, *loggen, v. t. & i. [Fr. loger, from loge = a lodging; Low Lat. log i are.] IMG:content-0676.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0677.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To be fixed, settled, or deposited; to settle; as, A stone lodged on the roof. 4. To be beaten down; to be laid flat; as, Corn lodges.