adamantin (s.xiii2)
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adamantin (s.xiii2)

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  FEW:  adamantinus 24,132a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  adamas (adamantine)  DMF:  adamantin  TLF:  adamantin  OED:  adamantine n. and a.  MED:  adana(u)ntin a.  DMLBS:  adamantinus 25c
 

a.

1 lapid. made of adamant, very hard kind of rock that has been associated with diamond but also has the magnetic properties of lodestone: 
( MS: s.xivm ) Il voit [...] nostre sire esteaunt sur le mur daubee ou adamantin (Latin: super murum litum vel adamantinum)  3va

s.f.

1lapid.adamant, very hard kind of rock that has been associated with diamond but also has the magnetic properties of lodestone: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  La nevime (=precious stone) si est topaze […] La dime est adamantine  153.18
adamant  adamas  aimant#1  andaine  diamand 
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