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Shoad; Shode.


Mining.) Surface ore in pieces mixed with other matters, and indicating the outcrop of a lode or vein in the vicinity.

The method of finding the vein by tracing the shoadstones to their source at the strike is called shoading. Holes dug to prospect or intercept the vein are called shoad-pits.

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