lode /ˈlod/
礦脈,水路,水道
Lode n.
1. A water course or way; a reach of water.
Down that long, dark lode . . . he and his brother skated home in triumph. --C. Kingsley.
3. Especially: Mining Any regular vein or course of valuable mineral, whether metallic or not.
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lode
n : a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite
boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: load]