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Fascet :: Fascet (n.) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty..

Nontronite :: Nontronite (n.) A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron..

Atramentarious :: Atramentarious (a.) Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink..

Knebelite :: Knebelite (n.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese..

Hornblende :: Hornblende (n.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species..

Chondrodite :: Chondrodite (n.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone..

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Ironical :: Ironical (a.) Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.

Flos-ferri :: Flos-ferri (n.) A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore..

Red-short :: Red-short (a.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.

Cresset :: Cresset (n.) An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions..

Brass :: Brass (n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass..

Kish :: Kish (n.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals..

Iron :: Iron (n.) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.

Polybasite :: Polybasite (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic..

Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A bridle iron.

Siderite :: Siderite (n.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.

Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

Iron :: Iron (n.) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution..

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