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loadstone

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load·stone  (ldstn)
n.
Variant of lodestone.
loadstone [ˈləʊdˌstəʊn]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a variant spelling of lodestone
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Noun1.loadstoneloadstone - a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
lodestone
permanent magnet, static magnet - a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field
magnetic iron-ore, magnetite - an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets


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But the greatest curiosity, upon which the fate of the island depends, is a loadstone of a prodigious size, in shape resembling a weaver's shuttle.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
In instances where the lightning has actually struck the vessel, so as to smite down some of the spars and rigging, the effect upon the needle has at times been still more fatal; all its loadstone virtue being annihilated, so that the before magnetic steel was of no more use than an old wife's knitting needle.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Like the mariner in the old story, the winds and streams had driven him within the influence of the Loadstone Rock, and it was drawing him to itself, and he must go.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
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