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, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or an fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosiv…

. See under Iron, a.

Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.

Closefisted; stingy; mean.

Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken. -- n.

Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master. Cowper.

Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Having iron sides, or very firm sides.

alian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.

Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.

One who, or that which, irons.

osite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle. Dr. Prior.

Ironical. Sir T. Herbert.

Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.

The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.

Resembling iron, as in taste. Wood.

One who uses irony.

A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein. Bp. Hurd.

A dealer in iron or hardware.