Iron

ī′urn, n. the most common and useful of the metals: an instrument or utensil made of iron, as a hand-harpoon, .: a golf-club with an iron head, more set back than the cleek: strength: ( pl. ) fetters: chains.— adj. formed of iron: resembling iron: rude: stern: fast-binding: not to be broken: robust: dull of understanding.— v.t. to smooth with a smoothing-iron: to arm with iron: to fetter.— adjs. I′ron-bound , bound with iron: rugged, as a coast; I′ron-cased ; I′ronclad , clad in iron: covered or protected with iron.— n. a ve el defended by iron plates.— ns. I′ron-clay , a yellowish clay containing a large quantity of iron ore; I′roner , one who irons; I′ron-flint , ferruginous quartz; I′ron-found′er , one who founds or makes castings in iron; I′ron-found′ry , a place where iron is founded or cast.— adj. I′ron-gray , of a gray colour, like that of iron freshly cut or broken.— n. this colour.— adjs. I′ron-hand′ed , having hands hard as iron; I′ron-heart′ed , having a heart hard as iron: cruel.— ns. I′ron-heat′er , the piece of metal heated in the fire for a laundre 's box-iron; I′roning , the act of smoothing with hot irons; I′roning-board , a smooth board covered with cloth, on which clothes are laid for ironing; I′roning-machine′ , a machine for hotpre ing cloth, hats, .; I′ron-liq′uor , iron acetate, a dyers' mordant; I′ron master , a master or proprietor of ironworks; I′ron monger , a dealer in articles made of iron; I′ron mongery , a general name for articles made of iron: hardware; I′ron-mould , the spot left on wet cloth after touching rusty iron; I′ron-sand , sand containing particles of iron ore: steel filings used in fireworks.— adj. I′ron-sick ( naut. ), having the iron bolts and spikes much corroded.— n. I′ronside , a man of iron resolution: ( pl. ) a name given to Cromwell's irresistible horse.— adj. I′ron-sid′ed , having a side of, or as hard as, iron: rough: hardy.— ns. I′ron smith , a worker in iron; I′ron-stone , a term usually applied to any ore yielding iron; I′ronware , wares or goods of iron.— adj. I′ron-wit′ted ( Shak. ), unfeeling, insensible.— n. I′ronwood , applied to the timber of various trees on account of their hardne .— adj. I′ron-word′ed ( Tenn. ), in words as strong as iron.— n. I′ronwork , the parts of a building, ., made of iron: anything of iron: a furnace where iron is smelted, or a foundry, ., where it is made into heavy work.— adj. I′rony , made, consisting, or partaking of iron: like iron: hard.— ns. Cast′-ī′ron , a compound of iron and carbon, obtained directly from iron ore by smelting; Ital′ian-ī′ron , an instrument for fluting linen or lace.— Iron age , an archæological term indicating the condition as to civilisation and culture of a people using iron as the material for their cutting tools and weapons: a period of cruel tyranny; Iron bark tree , a name given in Australia to certain species of Eucalyptus (q.v.); Iron crown , the ancient crown of Lombardy, so named from a thin band of iron said to be made from one of the nails of the Cro ; Iron entered into his soul , the bitterest pang of grief has touched his heart.— Be emer iron , pig-iron suitable for making Be emer steel.— Have too many irons in the fire , to be trying to do too many things at once; In irons , having fetters on; Rule with a rod of iron , to rule with stern severity. [A.S. iren ; Ger. eisen .]