lodestonen.
/ˈləʊdstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈloʊdˌstoʊn/ 1. Magnetic oxide of iron; also, a piece of this used as a magnet.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > spinel group AB2 O4 > magnetite
quick irona1398
magnet1440
lodestone?1518
magnetes1579
osmund stone1613
magnetite1851
Heraclean stone1883
titanomagnetite1895
coulsonite1937
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > a magnet or loadstone
adamant1345
stone1390
magnesa1398
shipman's stonec1400
loderc1460
lode1509
lodestone?1518
siderite1589
sail-stone1595
pebble1856
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j One kepte ye compas and watched ye our glasse Some ye lodysshestone dyd seke.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark 38 b Like as the lode~stone draweth vnto it yron, so [etc.].
1579 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 156 One rynge of gold havinge in it a stone called a lode stone.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. 297 The Loadstone, is coloured like iron, but blewer, and tending to a skie colour.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Oct. (1965) I. 279 A small piece of Loadstone that held up an Anchor of Steel too heavy for me to lift.
1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 292 The smallest loadstones have generally a greater attractive power, in proportion to their size, than larger ones.
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 304 A loadstone sometimes was set instead of a jewel, indicative of love's attractions.
1891 Nature 3 Sept. The property of the magnet or ‘loadstone’ to point to the north first became known in the eleventh century.
2. figurative. Something which attracts.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > one who or that which > that which
lurec1385
baitc1400
traina1425
allective1445
allurement1548
lodestone?1577
attractive1581
invites1615
magnetic1645
magnet1655
invitatory1666
track1672
glittering prize1713
catch1781
the rainbow's end1846
carrot1895
come-on1902
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 74 Such things, which are occasions and loade stones to draw people to wickednes.
a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) v. sig. H4v To haue his absence whom he doth account To be the Loadstone of his life.
1616 J. Taylor Bk. Martyrs ii. sig. E3v She was at home, abroade, in euery part, Loadstar and Loadstone to each eye and heart.
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 205 Loadstar of Love, and Loadstone of all hearts.
1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xi. 124 I find you..the general loadstone of attention.
1857 F. D. Maurice Mediæval Philos. v. §3. 164 His human sympathy and human sorrow were to be the lodestone of all hearts.
1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lx. 500 Jerusalem..was now the loadstone that had drawn the whole Jewish world around it.
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