Synonyms for lode

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lohd

Phonetic Transcription : loʊd

Définition of lode

Origin : original Middle English spelling of load (n.), and custodian of most of the original meaning of "way, course, carrying." Differentiation in sense took place 16c. Mining sense of "vein of metal ore" is from c.1600, from notion of miners "following" it through the rock.

noun ore deposit
noun deposit

Example sentences :

A railroad four miles long, conveys the quartz from the lode to the mills.
Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell

The lode descends steeply, and the excavation must follow its course.
Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell

When he crosses a lode, its bending is supposed to indicate the presence thereof.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

To strike a lode and win a braw lass a' in the day, ye may say.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

I give you my word, Slade, this is the only mine or lode of which I know.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

Mebbe he believes that bunk about the lode being copper, and mebbe he don't.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

And tell them we've devised a way to mine the lode without them—got that?
Extract from : « The Native Soil » by Alan Edward Nourse

Silver seldom is found in a lode extending with any great regularity.
Extract from : « Picked up at Sea » by J.C. Hutcheson

No one ever saw the vein or lode in the process of formation.
Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

There would be enough for both if they succeeded in uncovering the lode.
Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx

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