| Hylodes | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; woody, wooded, muddy; &unr_; a wood + e'i^dos form. ] (Zool.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lodesman | { , n. [ Load, lode + man. See Lode. ] A pilot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Loadsman |
| Lodesman | n. Same as Loadsman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lodestar | { , n. [ Load, lode + star. See Lode. ] 1. A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar, Polaris; also, the constellation containing the pole star, the cynosure (Ursa Minor). Chaucer. “ Your eyes are lodestars.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The pilot can no loadstar see. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure{ 2 }. [ PJC ] 3. Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure{ 3 }. [ PJC ] Variants: Loadstar |
| Lodestar | n. Same as Loadstar. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lodestone | { , n. [ Load, lode + stone. ] (Min.) A piece of magnetite, a magnetic iron ore, possessing polarity like a magnetic needle, having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically. See Magnetite. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Loadstone |
| Lodestone | n. (Min.) Same as Loadstone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
