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Definition of Lodesmen
1. lodesman [n] - See also: lodesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lodesmen
Literary usage of Lodesmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"The lodesmen had a monopoly of pilotage I In the Cinque Port» (qv). Their society
was controlled by the court of ..."
2. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1853)
"But it was found by experience, that it would be very difficult to restrain the "
lodesmen" from interfering with each others turns, and for upwards of a ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Full cunningly these lordes two he grette, And did his message, asking hem
anon If that they were broken, or ought wo begon, Or had need of lodesmen or ..."
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