lodestone

A piece of magnetite that has magnetic properties and attracts iron or steel.

One that attracts strongly.

A variety of magnetite, or the magnetic oxid of iron, which possesses polarity and has the power of attracting fragments of iron. See magnet.

A leading-stone for drains.

Same as loadstone.

A naturally occurring magnet.

The mineral magnetite.

a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically