Part 6602

<cs><col>Loaded dice</col>, <cd>dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loader</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Load"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.</def>

<h1>Loading</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Load"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of putting a load on or into.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A load; cargo; burden.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Loadmanage, Lodemanage</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Load"man*age</hw>, <hw>Lode"man*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loadsman, Lodesman</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Loads"man</hw>, <hw>Lodes"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Load</ets>, <ets>lode</ets> + <ets>man.</ets> See <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <def>A pilot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loadstar, Lodestar</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Load"star`</hw>, <hw>Lode"star`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Load</ets>, <ets>lode</ets> + <ets>star.</ets> See <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <def>A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.</def> <i>Chaucer</i>. " Your eyes are <i>lodestars</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The pilot can no <b>loadstar</b> see. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loadstone, Lodestone</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Load"stone`</hw>, <hw>Lode"stone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Load</ets>, <ets>lode</ets> + <ets>stone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See <er>Magnetite</er>.</def>

<h1>Loaf</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loaf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Loaves</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>lof</ets>, <ets>laf</ets>, AS. <ets>hl\'bef</ets>; akin to G. <ets>laib</ets>, OHG. <ets>hleip</ets>, Icel. <ets>hleifr</ets>, Goth. <ets>hlaifs</ets>, Russ. <ets>khlieb'</ets>, Lith. <ets>kl\'89pas</ets>. Cf. <er>Lady</er>, <er>Lammas</er>, <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <def>Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<cs><col>Loaf sugar</col>, <cd>refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loaf</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loaf</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loafed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loafing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[G. <ets>laufen</ets> to run, Prov. G. <ets>loofen</ets>. See <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <def>To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.</def> " <i>Loafing</i> vagabonds."

<i>W. Black.</i>

<h1>Loaf</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loaf</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To spend in idleness; -- with <i>away</i>; <as>as, to <ex>loaf</ex> time away</as>.</def>