iron-bound 
iron-bound (T ten-bound), a. 1. Bound with 
iron. 
The old oaken bucket, the iro.bound bucket, 
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. 
S. Woodwortk, The Bucket. 
2. Paced or surrounded with rocks; rock- 
bound; rugged: as, an iron-bound coast. 3. 
Hard and fast; rigorous; inflexible as iron. 
The French, though beyond question the best actors in 
the world. Judge from ^.^^tandard. 
3184 
hard as iron, < iren, iron, + heard, hard).] 1 
The knapweed, Centaurea niqra.2. Vervain. 
iron-hatt, w. See iron hat, under iron, a. 
ironhead (i'ern-hed), n. The American gold- 
enpv e or whistlewimr a rluok f Trumhull 
1888^ [Lrth CaSL] *-*** 
ironheads (i'ern-hedz), . The knapweed, Ce- 
toa tiw: so called in reference to the 
knobbed involucres. 
, . Hard-hearted; 
ironwood 
Under the name of "black" and " iron liquor,' two of 
the f ^ lts are largely manufactured, the acetate of the 
Protox.de and the acetate or ^ ^umxide or perox.de. 
< r ,- , . , TVi^l.! 
iron-man (i ern-man), n. 1. A dealer m or 
manufacturer of iron.-S. A coal-cutting ma- 
.,' ..i^T;'A2?VL.. J to\ 4 
^-master (l em - mas t6r )> A 
iron-cased (i'ern-kast), a. Cased or clad with 
iron ; iron-clad. 
iron-chamber (I'ern- cham" ber), n. There- 
verberatory or charge-chamber of a puddling- 
t'urnace where the metal is heated. 
iron-clad (i'ern-klad), a. 1. Covered or cased 
with iron plates, as a vessel for naval warfare ; 
armor-plated. 2. Figuratively, very rigid or 
strict; constructed, as a form of words, so as 
to allow no evasion or escape, or permit no 
flaw to be detected. [In this use often written 
ironclad.]- Iron-clad oath. SeeooA. 
ironclad (i'ern-klad), M. [< iron-clad, a.] A 
naval vessel cased or covered wholly or partly 
with thick iron or steel plates, generally hav- 
ing a heavy backing of wood, so armored to re- 
sist projectiles or the attacks of rams or other 
armored vessels. The metal armor is oftn of great 
thickness ; over parts of H. M. 8. Inflexible for example 
the metal is as ntuch as 24 inches thick. Even the thfek'- 
T hese iron arted souldiers are s< , cold 
Till thej be Sen to a nZVaVms ' 
K - andFl., Laws ol Candy, iv. 1. 
Think, ye masters iron-hearted, 
Lolling at your jovial boards. 
Cowper, Negro's Complaint, 
ironic (i-ron'ik), a, [= F. ironique = Sp. iro- 
nieo ^S- K- ironico (cf. D. G. ironisch = Dan. 
? w - ironisk), < Gr. e'tpuvuttif, dissembling, iron- 
io, < cipuvria, dissimulation, irony : see irony 2 .'] 
Same as ironical. 
I had better leisure to contemplate that ironic* satire 
' Juve iiaL Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 11. 
ironical (i-ron'i-kal), a. [< ironic + -al.~\ 1. 
Pretending ignorance ; simulating lack of in- 
struction or knowledge. See irony, 1. [Obso- 
lete or archaic 1 
.m, - , 
, e Clr 9 le f . ni ? 'aU7 very large ; and herein may 
' ' e ^' e " 
moreover, its great weight prevents the application of 
heavy armor except to the most vulnerable parts of the 
., L , 
Hence 2. Conveying or consisting of covert 
sarcasm sarcastic under 
iron-mold (i'ern-mold), n. Discoloration, in 
? loth or the like . cau ed by stains from rusted 
_iron. 
iron-mold (i'ern-mold), v. t. To stain or dis- 
color, as cloth, by means of iron-rust. 
ironmonger (i'ern-mung"ger), n. [< ME. iren- 
mongere, iren-manger; < iron + monger.'] A 
dealer in ironware or hardware. 
Buying several things at the ironmongers; dogs, tongues, 
and shovells, for my wife's closet. 
P W, Dia ry> Sept. 7, l. 
ironmongery (i'ern-mung"ger-i), n. [< iron- 
monger + -y : see -ery.] The trade of an iron- 
mou 8 er ! tnat which ironmongers deal in. 
* m '8 nt have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin- 
nail as th ^^est piece of tro^o^eri/ in the trade 
. ' ' 
iron-Oafc (i ern-ok), .. Same as post-oak. 
iron-OCher (i'ern-6"ker), n. See ocher. 
^On-red (i'ern-red), n. A red of a somewhat 
T tint Bueh as is produced by iron-rust, 
. used ea P e <Jially in decorative art and in pottery. 
ITOn-rust (i ern-rust), n. See rust. 
ships are now made of very various designs. Many mod- health. Go/ni(A Vicar xi 
era vessels have protective iron decks, but the term iron- . ,,. , , , . 
dad has been confined to vessels whose sides are protect- 3. Addicted to irony ; using disguised sarcasm : 
ed. Iron-clad ships are generally armed with two or four as, an ironical speaker 
- 
s 
OXld of iron, or both intermixed. Such sands 
are not uncommon alone the ocean-shores in 
^ 
legions of volcanic or metamorphic rocks. 
. r our , er 
heavy breech-loading rifled guns of from 10 to 16 inches ironipallv (I ron'i I! il n,1,- TV. o ,;,>oi 2 ' ihe steel-filings used m fireworks. 
SiiS^ A circular sa 
'' 
A circular saw for cut- 
iron-cloth (i'em-kl6th), . 1. Chain-mail in 
general. Hewitt, I. 238. 2. Chain-mail of mod- 
ern fabrication, made for cleansing greasy ves-i 
. 
ironer (i'er-n6r), n. One who or that which 
-hmr /i'er niiw hntsl 
( ); 
(i'er-ning-kl6th), . A cloth 
A .. *, ,. 
thm ^ whlcl1 has great power of endurance or 
resistance : specifically used (generally in the 
Pl ural ) as f proper name : as, fdmund /roW e 
or Ironsides (an Anglo-Saxon king); Crom- 
well's Ironsides (his special corps of troopers); 
- , 
n-Hint (i ern-flmt), . Ferruginous quartz ; 
a subspecies of quartz, opaque or translucent 
at the edges, with a fracture more or less con- 
chmdal, sinning, and nearly vitreous. 
iron-rounder (i ern-touu"der), n. One who 
makes iron castings. 
iron-foundry (i'ern-foun'dri), . The place 
heated by a gas.jet or by steam (the gas and steam being 
aPP' ied b y flexible pipeX and those employing a cylinder 
^^4 /nd'euidi'n/t^e ^ h o a v SI t hp S Jhi P , pUe A d for mp ~ 
Cni'Ts Tcy^del^teTby rtS^S is^iieTby 
machinery over the fabric to be pressed ; in one machine 
the cylinder is stationary, the table carrying the fabric to 
' ' ' ' 
or 
^- t 
- -"nas), . A general term 
lor any torm of iron-working furnace, as a 
blast-furnace, puddling-furnace, etc. See fur- 
. tutee. 
iron-glance (i-eru-glans), n. Specular iron. 
iron-grass (i'ern-gras), n. The knot-grass 
doorweed, Polygonum aviculare. 
iron-gray (i'ern-gra), a. and n. [< ME. irengray, 
< AS. isengrwg (= Icel. jdrngrdr = Dan. isen- 
graa), < isen, iron, + grteg, gray : see iron and 
gray.] I. a. Of a gray hue approaching the 
color of freshly fractured iron. 
Neither was the stranger's dress at all martial It con 
sisted of a uniform suit of iron-grey clothes, cut in rather 
uoned form. Scott, Monastery, Int. Ep., p. 13. 
II. . A hue of gray approaching the color 
of freshly fractured iron 
iron-gumtree (I'ern Wtre),. A very large 
tree, Eucalyptus RawetiaHa, a native of Queens- 
land, sometimes attaining a height of over 300 
feet and a diameter of 10 feet. It furnishes a 
very hard dark-colored wood, used for piles 
for railroad-ties, and for general building pur^ 
poses. 
iron-handed (i'em-han"ded), a. Exceedingly 
strong in the hand; hence, rigorously deter"- 
mined or severe ; unmerciful 
.. . 
-7 2 .] Rough; unruly. Halliwell. 
ironsmith (i'ern-smith), n. [< ME. irensmith 
< AS - irensmitli, isensmith (= G. eisenschmied 
= !*e\. jarxsmidhr), < iren, isen, iron, + s m ith, 
smith.] 1. A worker in iron, as a blacksmith, 
locksmith, etc. 2. The barbet of Hainan Me- 
Oalcema fa^er : so called from its cry, tran'slat- 
fition while the table moves. Sometimes called tom&u. 
an<1 Woc * ir ntng-machine. 
iron-iodide (i'ern-i"6-did), n. A crystalline de- 
liquescent salt formed by the union of iron and 
hydriodic acid, used in medicine as a tonic 
. diuretic, and emmenagogue. 
ironlsh (i'er-nish), a. [< iron + -ts/jl.] Some- 
wnat like iron ; irony. [Bare.] 
Some, who did thrust a probe or little stick into a chink 
of tne com . bringing out some moisture with it 
* ound !t of an trontsA taste 
Wood ' AtheniB *> n - (John Colet). 
ironist (i'rp-nist), . [< iron(ize) + -tsf.] One 
w ho deals in irony. [Rare.] 
A poet or orator . . . would have no more to do but to 
8 ' ' to th e irontgt for his sarcasms. 
Martinm Smbterus, xiii. 
l^ (5'ro-ni z ), ,. t . [< Gr. Apu^w, dis- 
tWe, < npuv, dissembler: see irony"*.] To 
render ironical ; use ironically. 
From its loud, peculiar call the Hainan species has 
earned among the natives of the island the appellation 
J "'"><*." whence I have derived its specific name 
. Lr 6CTl ' .*' Swinhoe < 1 uoted in stand - N '- Hist., IV. 420. 
iron-Stain (I'ern-stan), n. 1. A stain made by 
iron-rust, or by the tincture of iron, as on cloth 
or clothing. 2. An appearance like the stain 
f i ron produced on the coffee-plant in Vene- 
? uela > and apparently also in Jamtica, by the 
fungus Depazea maculosa, in the form of circu- 
lar or elliptical blotches. Spout? En cue. Manuf., 
I. 700. 
ironstone (i'ern-ston), n. Any ore of iron which 
is impure through the admixture of silica or 
cla . v Carbonaceous or blackband Ironstone. See 
blackband. Clay Ironstone. See day. Ironstone 
cnlna, a hard white pottery made by mingling with the 
If hypocrites why puritaines 
,^S terme be ask ' d ' in breefe, 
Warner Albion's England x 
iron lino Ci'/-rn KT.I A v ' , ' 
cause if brthtbv'irn^ T ? ^ 8 P ectrum ' 
onght by iron in the luminous vapor, 
- - 
intended to refer only to hardness and durability. 
iron-Strap (i'ern-strap), n. In whaling, same 
as foreganger, 2. 
iron-tree (i'ern-tre), n. See Ixora. 
ironware (i'ern-war),. Hardware; especially, 
_ iron pots, kettles, etc. 
ironweed (i'ern-wed), n. Same us flattop. 
iron-Wittedt (I'eni-wit'ed), a. Dull or heavy- 
witted; stupid. 
I will converse with iron-tcitted fools, 
And unrespective boys. 
S/iak., Rich. III., iv. 2, 28. 
ironwood (i'ern-wud), u. One of numerous 
species of peculiarly hard-wooded trees, be- 
