2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of acquaintance." Bacon.

As true to thee as steel to adamant.

Greene.

Ad`a*man*te"an (&?;), a. [L. adamantus.] Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.

Ad`a*man"tine (&?;), a. [L. adamantinus, Gr. &?;.] 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.

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