Bar iron () See under Iron. |
Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Box-iron (n.) A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within. |
Branding iron () An iron to brand with. |
Brand iron () A branding iron. |
Brand iron () A trivet to set a pot on. |
Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron. |
Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had |
Cast iron () Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace |
Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron |
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Cramp iron () See Cramp, n., 2. |
Grozing iron () A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass. |
Grozing iron () A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe. |
Harping iron () A harpoon. |
Iron (n.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms |
Iron (n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron |
Iron (n.) Fetters |
Iron (n.) Strength |
Iron (n.) Of, or made of iron |
Iron (n.) Resembling iron in color |
Iron (n.) Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc. |
Iron (n.) Rude |
Iron (n.) Firm |
Iron (n.) Inflexible |
Iron (n.) Not to be broken |
Iron (v. t.) To smooth with an instrument of iron |
Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons |
Iron (v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron |
Iron-cased (a.) Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel |
Iron-fisted (a.) Closefisted |
Iron-gray (a.) Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken. |
Iron-gray (n.) An iron-gray color |
Iron-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted |
Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded |
Iron-sided (a.) Having iron sides, or very firm sides. |
Iron works () See under Iron, a. |
Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in. |
Spiegel iron () A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen. |
Square (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure. |
Square (n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles. |
Square (n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so |
Square (n.) A square piece or fragment. |
Square (n.) A pane of glass. |
Square (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square |
Square (n.) One hundred superficial feet. |
Square (n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side |
Square (n.) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc. |
Square (n.) Hence, a pattern or rule. |
Square (n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself |
square dance square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
square-bashing | drill on a barracks square |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
bearded seal squareflipper square flipper Erignathus barbatus | medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle, of the Arctic Ocean |
agora public square | a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece |
andiron firedog dog dog-iron | metal supports for logs in a fireplace, the andirons were too hot to touch |
angle bracket angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
annulet bandelet bandelette bandlet square and rabbet | molding in the form of a ring, at top of a column |
bevel bevel square | a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size |
boot the boot iron boot iron heel | an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg |
carpenter's square | a steel square used by carpenters, larger than a try square |
corrugated iron | usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows |
cramp cramp iron | a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles, used to hold masonry together |
crampon crampoon climbing iron climber | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
cube square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
curling iron | a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it |
driving iron one iron | (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face |
fire iron | metal fireside implements |
garrote garotte garrotte iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
goffer gauffer goffering iron gauffering iron | an iron used to press pleats and ridges |
grapnel grapple grappler grappling hook grappling iron | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding, often thrown with a rope |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
iron smoothing iron | home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth |
iron | a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head |
iron branding iron | implement used to brand live stock |
iron foundry | a foundry where cast iron is produced |
iron horse | (c. ) an early term for a locomotive |
iron lung | respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration |
iron maiden | instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim |
long iron | an iron with a long shaft and a steep face, for hitting long low shots |
mashie five iron | middle-distance iron |
mashie niblick seven iron | iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green |
midiron two iron | long iron with a nearly vertical face |
niblick nine iron | an iron with considerable loft |
nickel-iron battery nickel-iron accumulator | a storage battery having a nickel oxide cathode and an iron anode with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, each cell gives about . volts |
open-air market open-air marketplace market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
pistol handgun side arm shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
plate iron | a plate of iron |
putter putting iron | the iron normally used on the putting green |
searing iron | a hot iron used to destroy tissue |
set square | a try square with an adjustable sliding head |
sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
short iron | an iron with a short shaft and pitched face, for hitting short high shots |
soldering iron | a hand tool with a heatable tip, used to melt and apply solder |
square | a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles, used to construct or test right angles, the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square |
square | any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles, a checkerboard has squares |
square knot | a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords |
square nut | nut with a square shape |
square sail | a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast |
steam iron | a pressing iron that can emit steam |