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{ Load"star`, Lode"star` (?) }, n. [Load, lode + star. See Lode.] A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure. Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." Shak.

The pilot can no loadstar see.

Spenser.

{ Load"stone`, Lode"stone (?) }, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

Loaf (?), n.; pl. Loaves (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klëpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon.

Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.

Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.

Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

Loaf"er (?), n. [G. läufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See Leap.] One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell.

Loam (?), n. [AS. lm; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th Lime.] 1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain.

Hooker.

2. (Founding) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2. -- Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended. -- Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.

Loam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming.] To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Loam"y (?), a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon.

Loan (ln), n. [See Lawn.] A loanin. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Loan, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. ln, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. ln, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lhan, Icel. lj, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric. √119. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.] 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.

Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop.

Loan, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent.

By way of location or loaning them out.

J. Langley (1644).

Loan"a*ble (?), a. Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.

{ Loan"in (?), Loan"ing, } n. [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Loan"mon`ger (?), n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.

The millions of the loanmonger.

Beaconsfield.