Lloyd's

loidz, n. a part of the London Royal Exchange frequented by ship-owners, underwriters, . to obtain shipping intelligence and transact marine insurance.— Lloyd's Register , a list of sea-going ve els cla ified according to seaworthine (as A1, .), annually prepared by an a ociation of members of Lloyd's. [From their originally meeting in the coffee-house in Tower Street kept by Edward Lloyd in the 17th century.]