'It irons' definitions:
Definition of 'It irons'
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- Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [imac]ren, [imac]sen, [imac]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [imac]sarn, OHG. [imac]sarn, [imac]san, G. eisen, Icel. [imac]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Chem.) 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; viz., {cast iron}, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic number
- 26, atomic weight 55.847. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The value of iron is largely due to the facility with which it can be worked. Thus, when heated it is malleable and ductile, and can be easily welded and forged at a high temperature. As cast iron, it is easily fusible; as steel, is very tough, and (when tempered) very hard and elastic. Chemically, iron is grouped with cobalt and nickel. Steel is a variety of iron containing more carbon than wrought iron, but less that cast iron. It is made either from wrought iron, by roasting in a packing of carbon (cementation) or from cast iron, by burning off the impurities in a Bessemer converter (then called Bessemer steel), or directly from the iron ore (as in the Siemens rotatory and generating furnace). [1913 Webster]
- 2. An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc. [1913 Webster]
- My young soldier, put up your iron. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles. [1913 Webster]
- Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Golf) An iron-headed club with a deep face, chiefly used in making approaches, lifting a ball over hazards, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Bar iron. See Wrought iron (below).
- Bog iron, bog ore; limonite. See Bog ore, under Bog.
- Cast iron (Metal.), an impure variety of iron, containing from three to six percent of carbon, part of which is united with a part of the iron, as a carbide, and the rest is uncombined, as graphite. It there is little free carbon, the product is white iron; if much of the carbon has separated as graphite, it is called gray iron. See also Cast iron, in the Vocabulary.
- Fire irons. See under Fire, n.
- Gray irons. See under Fire, n.
- Gray iron. See Cast iron (above).
- It irons (Naut.), said of a sailing vessel, when, in tacking, she comes up head to the wind and will not fill away on either tack.
- Magnetic iron. See Magnetite.
- Malleable iron (Metal.), iron sufficiently pure or soft to be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a kind of iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon or other impurities from cast iron, rendering it less brittle, and to some extent malleable.
- Meteoric iron (Chem.), iron forming a large, and often the chief, ingredient of meteorites. It invariably contains a small amount of nickel and cobalt. Cf. Meteorite.
- Pig iron, the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being run into molds, called pigs.
- Reduced iron. See under Reduced.
- Specular iron. See Hematite.
- Too many irons in the fire, too many objects or tasks requiring the attention at once.
- White iron. See Cast iron (above).
- Wrought iron (Metal.), the purest form of iron commonly known in the arts, containing only about half of one per cent of carbon. It is made either directly from the ore, as in the Catalan forge or bloomery, or by purifying (puddling) cast iron in a reverberatory furnace or refinery. It is tough, malleable, and ductile. When formed into bars, it is called bar iron. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'It irons'
- Iron,
- Ironed,
- Ironer,
- Ironic,
- Ironical,
- Ironically,
- Ironing,
- T iron,
- iron out,
- irone,
- irones,
- irons,
- Bar iron,
- Barking irons,
- Berlin iron,
- Bog iron,
- Boiler iron,
- Boom iron,
- Brand iron,
- Branding iron,
- Bridle iron,
- Bucking iron,
- Burling iron,
- Calking iron,
- Cast iron,
- Channel iron,
- Chinsing iron,
- Corrugated iron,
- Cramp iron,
- Crimping iron,
- Crisping iron,
- Curling irons,
- Damascus iron,
- Decarbonized iron,
- Fagot iron,
- Fire irons,
- Firing iron,
- Fluting iron,
- Foot iron,
- Galvanized iron,
- Gauffering iron,
- Grappling iron,
- Gray iron,
- Gray irons,
- Grozing iron,
- Harping iron,
- Hawser iron,
- Hoop iron,
- Horse iron,
- Ingot iron,
- Iron City,
- Iron County,
- Iron Gate,
- Iron Horse,
- Iron Junction,
- Iron Mountain,
- Iron Post,
- Iron Ridge,
- Iron River,
- Iron age,
- Iron cement,
- Iron clay,
- Iron cross,
- Iron crown,
- Iron flint,
- Iron founder,
- Iron foundry,
- Iron furnace,
- Iron glance,
- Iron hat,
- Iron liquor,
- Iron man,
- Iron mold,
- Iron mould,
- Iron ore,
- Iron oxide,
- Iron pyrites,
- Iron sand,
- Iron scale,
- Iron works,
- Iron, MI,
- Iron, MO,
- Iron, UT,
- Iron, WI,
- Ironing board,
- Italian iron,
- Jagging iron,
- Light iron,
- Lily iron,
- Lofting iron,
- Magnetic iron,
- Malleable iron,
- Meaking iron,
- Merchant iron,
- Metallic iron,
- Meteoric iron,
- Mountain Iron,
- Muck iron,
- Passive iron,
- Pig iron,
- Pinking iron,
- Plane iron,
- Plate iron,
- Polishing iron,
- Pyrophoric iron,
- Rasing iron,
- Reduced iron,
- Reeming iron,
- Ripping iron,
- Rub iron,
- Russia iron,
- Sable iron,
- Scalping iron,
- Scrap iron,
- Scribing iron,
- Shooting iron,
- Silvery iron,
- Smoothing iron,
- Snarling iron,
- Soldering iron,
- Span iron,
- Sparry iron,
- Spathic iron,
- Specular iron,
- Spiegel iron,
- Steely iron,
- Stirrup iron,
- Stub iron,
- Sweating iron,
- Tamping iron,
- Tank iron,
- Tee iron,
- The Iron Gates,
- Tire iron,
- Toggle iron,
- Tug iron,
- Turfing iron,
- Wafer irons,
- Waffle iron,
- Weeding iron,
- White iron,
- Wire iron,
- Wrought iron,
- alloy iron,
- alpha iron,
- angle iron,
- basic iron,
- beta iron,
- chromic iron,
- climbing iron,
- curling iron,
- delta iron,
- driving iron,
- fire iron,
- five iron,
- gamma iron,
- gaufering iron,
- goffering iron,
- iron blue,
- iron boot,
- iron by hydrogen,
- iron cage,
- iron carbide,
- iron chancellor,
- iron collar,
- iron curtain,
- iron disulfide,
- iron duke,
- iron filing,
- iron fist,
- iron grip,
- iron hand,
- iron heel,
- iron lady,
- iron lung,
- iron maiden,
- iron oak,
- iron out differences,
- iron overload,
- iron perchloride,
- iron putty,
- iron pyrite,
- iron sickness,
- iron trap,
- iron tree,
- iron-on,
- long iron,
- nine iron,
- oligist iron,
- one iron,
- putting iron,
- searing iron,
- seven iron,
- sheet iron,
- short iron,
- steam iron,
- stovepipe iron,
- structural iron,
- sulphate of iron,
- swedish iron,
- travel iron,
- two iron,
- dry ironic ironical pawky wry,
- Box-iron,
- Brown iron ore,
- Cast-iron,
- Green iron ore,
- Iron City, GA,
- Iron City, TN,
- Iron County, MI,
- Iron County, MO,
- Iron County, UT,
- Iron County, WI,
- Iron Gate, VA,
- Iron Horse, CA,
- Iron Junction, MN,
- Iron Mountain Lake,
- Iron Mountain, MI,
- Iron Post, OK,
- Iron Ridge, WI,
- Iron River, MI,
- Iron-cased,
- Iron-gray,
- Iron-hearted,
- Iron-sick,
- Iron-sided,
- Magnetic iron ore,
- Making-iron,
- Malleable iron castings,
- Mountain Iron, MN,
- Rhombohedral iron ore,
- Titanic iron ore,
- Too many irons in the fire,
- Tue-iron,
- Tue-irons,
- White iron pyrites,
- alloy cast iron,
- alpha-irone,
- dog-iron,
- iron deficiency anaemia,
- iron deficiency anemia,
- iron maiden of Nuremberg,
- iron manganese tungsten,
- iron-fisted,
- iron-grey,
- iron-tree,
- specular pig iron,
- Iron Mountain Lake, MO,
- Ni-hard iron,
- Parkers-Iron Springs,
- cast-iron plant,
- iron-storage disease,
- magnetic iron-ore,
- ni-resist iron,
- nickel-iron accumulator,
- nickel-iron battery,
- wrought-iron casting,
- wrought-iron scrap,
- Parkers-Iron Springs, AR