Bar iron () See under Iron. |
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 |
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. |
Lake (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate |
Lake (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. |
Lake (v. i.) To play |
Lake (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. |
Lake-dweller (n.) See Lake dwellers, under Lake. |
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. |
Marsh (n.) A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water |
Marsh marigold () A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip. |
Morass (n.) A tract of soft, wet ground |
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. |
Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land |
Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp. |
Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water |
Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils |
Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp |
Lake Trasimenus Battle of Lake Trasimenus | a battle in BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius |
swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana | North American finch of marshy area |
marsh wren | a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
marsh harrier Circus Aeruginosus | Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions |
marsh hawk northern harrier hen harrier Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
lesser scaup lesser scaup duck lake duck Aythya affinis | common scaup of North America, males have purplish heads |
gallinule marsh hen water hen swamphen | any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens |
American coot marsh hen mud hen water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
swamp rabbit canecutter swamp hare Sylvilagus aquaticus | a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands |
marsh hare swamp rabbit Sylvilagus palustris | a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida |
landlocked salmon lake salmon | Atlantic salmon confined to lakes of New England and southeastern Canada |
lake trout salmon trout Salvelinus namaycush | large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States |
lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis | found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska |
cisco lake herring Coregonus artedi | important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America |
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 |
boot the boot iron boot iron heel | an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg |
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 |
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 |
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 |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
Lake Mead | the largest reservoir in the United States, located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, the center of a recreational area |
Lake Powell | the second largest reservoir in the United States, located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River |
Lake Volta | the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes |
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 |
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 |
reservoir artificial lake man-made lake | lake used to store water for community use |
searing iron | a hot iron used to destroy tissue |