‖ lodh
(ləʊd)
Also 8 load.
[Hindi lodh.]
The bark of the East Indian shrub, Symplocos racemosa, used in dyeing. Also lodh-bark.
| 1781 Kerr in Phil. Trans. LXXI. 381 To make the silk hold the colour, they boil a handful of the bark called Load in water. 1848 in Craig. |