adamantine

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Adamantine candles are the best, as they last twice as long, and do not melt and run down the sides like the parraffine or tallow candles.

From Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 by Various

The Adamantine Fortress When a man has once deeply wounded a woman's pride, he may just as well give up his hope of winning her.

From The Spinster Book by Reed, Myrtle

Origen, after scholarly labors so vast as to earn for him the title of the Adamantine, died in 254, in consequence of his sufferings in the Diocletian persecution.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Adamantine clinkers, made of gault clay, are much used; they must have chamfered edges, otherwise they make too smooth a floor for a stable.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

How didst thou pass the Adamantine Gate; And into Spirit thy self insinuate?

From The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts by Defoe, Daniel