GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Loadstar, 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.
   
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   The pilot can no loadstar see. Spenser.
   
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   2. Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure2.
   
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   3. Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure3.
   
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   Lodestar (?), n. Same as Loadstar.
   
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