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loadstone
n.
stone with magnetic properties that attracts iron; piece of loadstone used as a magnet; something which attracts (also lodestone)
Lodestone
A
lodestone, or
loadstone, is a naturally
magnetized piece of the mineral
magnetite. They are naturally-occurring
magnets, which can attract
iron. The property of
magnetism was first discovered in antiquity through lodestones. Pieces of lodestone, suspended so they could turn, were the first
magnetic compasses, and their importance to early
navigation is indicated by the name
lodestone, which in
Middle English means 'course stone' or 'leading stone', from the now-obsolete meaning of
lode as ‘journey, way’.
loadstone
Noun
1. a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
(synonym) lodestone
(hypernym) permanent magnet, static magnet
(substance-meronym) magnetite, magnetic iron-ore
Loadstone
(n.)
Alt. of Lodestone
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Loadstone
To dream of a loadstone, denotes you will make favorable opportunities for your own advancement in a material way. For a young woman to think a loadstone is attracting her, is an omen of happy changes in her family.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
