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adamantine
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ADAMANTINE
a.Made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant; that cannot be broken, dissolved, or penetrated, as adamantine bonds, or chains. Adamantine Spar, a genus of earths, of three varieties. The color of the first is gray, with shades of brown or green; the form when regular, a hexangular prism, two sides large and four small, without a pyramid; its surface striated, and with a thin covering of white mica, interspersed with particles of red felspar; its fracture, foliaceous and sparry. The second variety is whiter, and the texture more foliaceous. The third variety is of a reddish brown color. This stone is very hard, and of difficult fusion.
A variety of corrundum.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ADAMANTINE
Ad `a *man "tine, a. Etym: [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.
2. (Min. )
Defn: Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
New American Oxford Dictionary
adamantine
ad a man tine |ˌadəˈmanˌtīn, -tin-, -ˌtēn ˌædəˈmænˌtaɪn | ▶adjective literary unbreakable: adamantine chains | figurative : her adamantine will.
Oxford Dictionary
adamantine
adamantine |ˌadəˈmantʌɪn | ▶adjective literary unable to be broken: adamantine chains | figurative : her adamantine will.