In the laws of Oleron, seems identical with lode-manage.
·noun A water course or way; a reach of water. II. Lode ·noun A metallic vein; any regular vein or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun An old name for a pilot boat. ...
, or lodemanship. The hire of a pilot. It also meant both pilotage and seamanship; whence Chaucer ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A pilot boat, which was also employed in fishing; it is mentioned in statute 31 Edward III. c. 2. ...
The north star. But Spenser alludes to any star as a guide to mariners: "Like as a ship, whose lod...