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lodestar

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A sailor's name for Polaris, or the Pole Star. The origin of the name presumably comes from the same old English source as lodeman and lodestone, to give a meaning as ‘guiding star’.

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Garner's Modern English Usage (5 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2022
Subject:
Language reference
Length:
21 words

... (= a guiding light or principle) is so spelled—not ⋆loadstar . Current ratio in print ( lodestar vs. ⋆loadstar ): 15:1 ...

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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
History, Social sciences
Length:
34 words

... , a sailor's name for Polaris , or the Pole Star. The origin of the name presumably comes from the same old English source as lodeman and lodestone , to give a meaning as ‘guiding...

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The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
4 words
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Australian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
4 words
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The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
5 words
lodestar

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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2002

... (= a guiding light or principle) is so spelled—not loadstar...

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Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015

...lodestar . The recommended spelling, not load-....

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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Language reference
Length:
23 words

... • Qatar • Telstar • sitar • Ishtar • co-star • lodestar • sunstar • megastar • superstar • avatar •...

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Fowler’s Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage (3 ed.)

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Current Version:
2015

... , lodestone are the preferred spellings, not load...

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Music
Length:
164 words

... A group forged after disagreements in the Senser camp over musical direction, Lodestar feature three former members of that ‘crustoid, pan-cultural fusioneering’ group - Heitham Al-Sayed (vocals), Haggis (bass) and John Morgan (drums). Their line-up completed with the addition of Jules Hodgson (guitar), Lodestar were unequivocally a hard rock band. As Al-Sayed told the press, ‘... a lot of it’s a lot less accessible than the Senser stuff. I started to hear music for the melody much more. Our sound is influenced by a lot of old British rock bands and...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2006

... a star that is used to guide the course of a ship, especially the pole star. The word is recorded from Middle English, and the first element means ‘way, course’. The figurative use developed early and was popular up to the 17th century; it was then revived in the early 19th...

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The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
38 words
lodestar

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Australian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
39 words
lodestar

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The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
39 words
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Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
65 words
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New Oxford American Dictionary (3 ed.)

Reference type:
English Dictionary
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
English Dictionaries and Thesauri
Length:
54 words
lodestar / ~s

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The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation

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Current Version:
2016

...lodestar / ~s n ˈlo:dstɑ:ɹz sp loadstarres 1 > star ...

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Lodestar  

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A group forged after disagreements in the Senser camp over musical direction, Lodestar feature three former members of that ‘crustoid, pan-cultural fusioneering’ group - Heitham Al-Sayed (vocals), ...
lodestar

lodestar  

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Subject:
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A sailor's name for Polaris, or the Pole Star. The origin of the name presumably comes from the same old English source as lodeman and lodestone, to give a meaning as ‘guiding star’.
lodestone

lodestone  

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A piece of magnetite or other naturally magnetized mineral, able to be used as a magnet. Recorded from the early 16th century, the word means literally ‘way-stone’, from the use of the magnet in ...

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