Results for iron
Definitions of iron:
part of speech: noun
The most common and useful of the metals: an instrument or utensil made of iron: strength:- pl. fetters: chains.
part of speech: verb
To smooth with a heated instr. made of iron to chain; to fetter.
part of speech: adjective
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, iron.
part of speech: adjective
Formed of iron: resembling iron: rude: stern: fast- binding: not to be broken: robust: dull of understanding.
part of speech: adjective
Formed of iron; resembling iron in hardness, strength, & c.; harsh; stern; severe; fast- binding; impenetrable; strong; robust, as an iron constitution.
part of speech: noun
A well- known metal, and, economically speaking, the most important; an instr. made of it.
part of speech: verb transitive
To smooth with an iron instrument: to arm with iron: to fetter.
part of speech: verb transitive
To fetter.
part of speech: verb transitive
To smooth with an iron; furnish with iron; chain.
part of speech: noun plural
Chains; fetters; shackles; tools for heating at a fire; the poker, tongs, and shovel for a grate, as fire- irons.
part of speech: noun
A metallic element; the most common and useful of the metals; an instrument made of iron, especially one to smooth clothes by heat; anything especially hard; in golf, a club made of iron.
Usage examples for iron:
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No. But I see that iron is down- since Saturday.
"Ovington's Bank", Stanley J. Weyman -
When it comes, our people will the more readily meet it with their gold as with their iron
"Harold, Book 10. The Last Of The Saxon Kings", Edward Bulwer-Lytton -
" I should have let the strange beasts of the iron men eat you," he said.
"The Flute of the Gods", Marah Ellis Ryan -
Both the boys were pale, but their hands were as steady as iron
"On the Pampas", G. A. Henty