Loadstone
51lodestones — n. stone with magnetic properties that attracts iron; piece of loadstone used as a magnet; something which attracts (loadstone) …
52lodestone — n. (also loadstone) 1 magnetic oxide of iron, magnetite. 2 a a piece of this used as a magnet. b a thing that attracts. * * * lodestone see loadstone …
53lode|stone — «LOHD STOHN», noun. = loadstone. (Cf. ↑loadstone) …
54sid|er|ite — «SIHD uh ryt», noun. 1. an iron ore occurring in various forms and colors and crystallizing with perfect rhombohedral cleavage; chalybite. Formula: FeCO3 2. a meteorite consisting mainly of iron. 3. Obsolete. loadstone. ╂[< Latin sidērītes… …
55Fe3O4 — Magnetite Mag net*ite, n. (Min.) An oxide of iron ({Fe3O4}) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called {loadstone}.… …
56Lodestone — Lode stone , n. (Min.) Same as {Loadstone}. [1913 Webster] …
57Magnetic — Mag*net ic, n. 1. A magnet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As the magnetic hardest iron draws. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when… …
58magnetic iron — Magnetite Mag net*ite, n. (Min.) An oxide of iron ({Fe3O4}) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called {loadstone}.… …
59Magnetite — Mag net*ite, n. (Min.) An oxide of iron ({Fe3O4}) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called {loadstone}. It is an… …
60Stamp — Stamp, n. 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. [1913 Webster] 2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. [1913 Webster] T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. Dryden. [1913… …