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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Loadstone

· Load·stone · IPA
01 n. A piece of magnetite, a magnetic iron ore, possessing polarity like a magnetic needle, having the power to attract as well as to be attract…
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    A piece of magnetite, a magnetic iron ore, possessing polarity like a magnetic needle, having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically. See Magnetite.(Min.) See: Magnetite