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   lode

   /ləʊd/

   noun

   • 1. a vein of metal ore in the earth: "the tin oxide was very thinly scattered within the lode"
   • ▪ a rich source of something: "a rich lode of scandal and alleged crime"

   Word Origin Old Englishlād ‘way, course’, variant of load. The term denoted a watercourse in late Middle English and a lodestone in the early 16th century The current sense dates from the early 17th century.

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