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Adamant

AD'AMANT, n. [ Gr.; L. adamas; a word of Celtic origin.]
A very hard or impenetrable stone; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness. The name has often been given to the load stone; but in modern mineralogy, it has no technical signification.
adamant appears in definitions for these words:
Adamantean Adamantine Corundum Diamantine Diamond Egress Penal Prohibit Stamp

 

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