lowder Sc. and north.
(ˈludər)
Also looder.
[a. ON. l{uacu}ðr (Norw. luder, lur).]
a. The stand or foundation on which a mill rests. b. (Short for lowder-tree, which is also in use.) A wooden lever or handspoke used for lifting the millstones; any long, stout rough stick (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
| a 1585 Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 98, I promise thee heere to thy chafts ill cheir, Except thou goe leir to licke at the lowder. a 1706 in J. Watson Collect. Scot. Poems i. 44 He..Ran to the Mill and fetcht the Lowder, Wherewith he hit her on the Shou'der. 1881 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 190 The cure for this was to throw a fire-brand down the ‘lighting-hole’ in the ‘looder’. 1899 J. Spence Shetland Folk-Lore 172 In a corner of the looder stood a toyeg..containing as much corn as would be a hurd o' burstin. 1910 Old-Lore Misc. III. i. 9 The table or bin on which the quern stands is called l{uacu}ðr in Edda and looder in Orkney. |