loadstone

American  

[lohd-stohn] / ˈloʊdˌstoʊn /

noun

1. lodestone.

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loadstone British  

/ ˈləʊdˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of lodestone

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Etymology

Origin of loadstone

1505–15; earlier load lode + stone

Example Sentences

This week, the rookie receiver Kadarius Toney hobbled off with an ankle injury, a week after his 189-yard game against Dallas showed he could be a loadstone in the receiver rotation.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2021

“In the current environment, wage growth needs to be a major factor, maybe even a loadstone for the Fed, when it’s deciding to raise rates.”

From US News • Feb. 24, 2015

For Franz Liszt it was a loadstone of double power—the ideality of the place attracted him and its religion anchored his spiritual restlessness.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

There is likewise abundance of loadstone, and considerable quarries of marble from whence that is procured, with which the churches are decorated.

From An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. by Zuniga, Martinez de

Item, a magnet-stone, commonly called a loadstone, of great virtue.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)