Definition of iron

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Iron (n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc..

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Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown..
Creaser :: Creaser (n.) A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes..
Whisker :: Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc..
Plumber :: Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings..
Ferruginous :: Ferruginous (a.) Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red..
Ferruginated :: Ferruginated (a.) Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.
Launder :: Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts..
Grozing Iron :: Grozing iron () A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe.
Grenade :: Grenade (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies..
Ore :: Ore (n.) The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers)..
Umber :: Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below..
Fid :: Fid (n.) A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees..
Iron :: Iron (n.) Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
Ferrocalcite :: Ferrocalcite (n.) Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure..
Pontee :: Pontee (n.) An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet..
Preposition :: Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running..
Eudialyte :: Eudialyte (n.) A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime..
Meteorite :: Meteorite (n.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
Grozing Iron :: Grozing iron () A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass..
Mouldboard :: Mouldboard (n.) A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing..
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