LOADMANAGE
\lˈə͡ʊdmanɪd͡ʒ], \lˈəʊdmanɪdʒ], \l_ˈəʊ_d_m_a_n_ɪ_dʒ]\
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The pay to loadsmen; that is, persons who sail or row before ships, In barks or small vessels, with instruments for towing the ship and directing her course, In order that she may escape the dangers in her way. Poth. Des Avaries, no. 137.
By Henry Campbell Black
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