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Webster 1913 Edition

Lodestone

{

Load′stoneˊ

,

Lode′stone

}

,

Noun.

[

Load

,

lode

+

stone

.]

(Min.)

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

.

Lode′stoneˊ

,

Noun.

(Min.)

Same as

.