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(metallurgy) 1095; Ellipsis of 1095 steel.
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(metallurgy) 5160; Ellipsis of 5160 steel.
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(US, metallurgy) A common ball bearing metal, also used for blademaking, knifemaking. A high-carbon low-alloy chromium steel; typically containing 1.0% carbon and 1.5% chromium, with low silicon (0.25%) and manganese (0.35%).
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(dentistry) A tool used to transfer dental amalgam to a filling
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A forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
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A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.
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A length of iron or steel, having an L-shaped cross section, used as a structural support
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A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
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Wrought iron molded into bars.
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A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
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A very fusible variety of cast iron, from which figures and other delicate articles are manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in imitation of bronze.
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Short for 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.]
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pig iron suitable for making Bessemer steel
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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.
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(rare) the beak (tapered end) of an anvil
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(metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
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Weights as opposed to exercise machines.
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Iron, or similar metals worked by a blacksmith
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sheet iron before it is tinned.
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A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
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Crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation.
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Alternative form of bloomery [A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.]
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Alternative form of bloomery [A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.]
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A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.
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An ancient rudimentary form of wrought iron made straight from ore without smelting.
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A non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.
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Synonym of branding iron
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A piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape, heated and used to brand livestock.
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(obsolete) A type of sword.
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The front of it was defended by an iron-plate, called a vam-plat, that is, an avant-plate, and behind it was a broad iron ring, called a burr.
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Alternative spelling of caulking iron [a tool, rather like a chisel, used to caulk a ship, tighten seams in ironwork and other things]
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Alternative form of can opener [A device used to open tin cans, usually by slicing the lid off.]
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A composite steel made by placing solid and powdered steels in a metal can, and fusing it together by forge welding using heat and pressure
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A hard and brittle, but strong, alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon, formed by casting in a mould.
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(countable, uncountable) The steel making up a steel casting, in the sense of one cast to finished (net) or near-net shape: the product of a steel foundry (as opposed to a steel mill); the steel counterpart to cast iron.
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Alternative spelling of cast iron [(not comparable) Made of cast iron.]
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Alternative spelling of cast iron [(not comparable) Made of cast iron.]
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A tool for applying sealant, adhesives, etc., consisting of a metal skeleton with spring-loaded trigger into which a tube of sealant, caulk, etc., is fitted.
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a tool, rather like a chisel, used to caulk a ship, tighten seams in ironwork and other things
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steel produced by cementation; blister steel
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A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
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A hand-held device with a heated flat metal base used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes; an iron.
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An andiron with a knob at the top.
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Alternative form of cold steel (“swords, knives, bladed weapons”) [(military, historical) A sword, bayonet or similar weapon made of steel.]
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An iron sheet building material, usually galvanised, which has been pressed into corrugations.
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An iron bar, bent at right angles at each end, used to hold masonry together
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A high-grade steel, used in tools and dies, originally made by fusing wrought iron and charcoal in a crucible.
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A paper used in curling the hair.
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An iron plate in front of the dam of a blast furnace, to strengthen it.
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Ellipsis of Damascus steel. [A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water.]
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A modern composite steel made of distinctive portionings of different steels in patterns, resembling that of ancient Damascus steel
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Alternative form of dandy roller [A roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.]
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Alternative form of dandy roller [A roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.]
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Alternative form of dandy roller [A roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.]
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A thermomechanical refining machine used to produce wood fibres from wood chips as part of the manufacture of fibreboard.
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(military) A large iron pot, used in the army.
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A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
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(humorous) knife, fork and spoon; cutlery
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Alternative form of andiron [(usually in the plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side]
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The humorous extreme sport of ironing in various outdoor places, especially those that are remote or difficult to access. Abbreviation: EI
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A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
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(glassmaking) An iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles to carry them to the furnace.
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(ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
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Alternative spelling of flatiron [A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.]
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A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
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The act of beating or working iron or steel.
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Damascus steel created from scrap damascus pieces.
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A water mill used for fulling cloth.
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A piece of iron embedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.
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(Australia, colloquial) Galvanized iron.
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A metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel.
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Alternative form of gimlet [A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.]
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(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
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A variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
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A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
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(metallurgy) iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process
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Any object resembling the rack or grate.
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A plumber's tool for soldering lead pipes.
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A tool that uses heat to curl, straighten, or crimp a person's head of hair.
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An iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire.
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A small fragment dislodged from iron during forging.
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A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
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Obsolete form of andiron. [(usually in the plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side]
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Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, such as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon.
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(metallurgy) A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical.
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Steel containing a high percentage of carbon.
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Alternative form of high speed steel [(metallurgy) A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical.]
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A machine developed to produce paper pulp from cellulose containing plant fibers.
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A form of post mill whose main post is bored to take a driveshaft
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a supposed test for witchcraft in which a hot iron was applied to the skin (or the tongue) - the skin of a witch would be unharmed
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(attributive) stainless steel
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(usually plural, irons) shackles.
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(figuratively, idiomatic) Ruthless and usually unrestricted control.
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(figuratively) Firmness, inflexibility, sternness.
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Alternative form of iron maiden [(historical) A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.]
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(historical) A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.
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The thin film that forms on the surface of wrought iron in the process of forging. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide of iron.
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Alternative form of ironclad [A metal-plated ship, vessel, or vehicle.]
adj
Extremely strong-willed
adj
Bound with iron, ironclad.
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A metal-plated ship, vessel, or vehicle.
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Someone who irons, someone who does ironing.
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A long board, often covered with fabric and having on legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.
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The making of iron (from an ore)
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(slang, uncountable) The various metal items used by mountaineers.
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Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
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One who is very strong and courageous.
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(uncountable) Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
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(historical) A tool used to goffer textiles or to smooth ruffles or frills.
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A machine that kneads dough or any other highly elastoviscous mixture.
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(metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
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(metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
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A short piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.
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Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets.
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A machine that carries out linishing.
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(tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
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Steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and cannot be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
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(Kenya) Metal sheeting, often corrugated iron.
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(nautical) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by caulkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
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Iron that is cast as white iron and then transformed into malleable form through an annealing heat treatment.
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Alternative spelling of mantle-tree [(archaic) A beam of wood over the opening of an open fireplace, from which items were hung.]
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wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches
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(nautical, obsolete) A tool for picking old oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.
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A kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than hardenable steels, rendering it softer and more malleable and ductile.
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Alternative form of millwheel [A water wheel used to power a watermill.]
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One who works in a mill.
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The malleable iron produced by this technique.
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(obsolete) A medium-quality cast iron, consisting of a mixture of white iron and grey iron.
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Iron in the form of plates, from which cut nails are made.
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Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or (as in the case of wootz) by a direct process from the ore.
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Scales of hot iron from the forge.
adj
Designating the steel so produced.
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A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
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A kind of post mill found in Germany and the Netherlands.
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An industrial machine that performs the granulation of raw material into pastille.
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A small-scale sawmill, often with older equipment not capable of producing wood of uniform dimension.
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An electrical device for making sandwiches.
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A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.
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To reduce the diameter of a metal tube in a pilger mill
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(ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.
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A machine for calendering paper.
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A form of windmill constructed so that the whole building rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the ground. It is capable of being turned as the direction of the wind varies.
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The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.
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(sewing) The part of a sewing machine which rests on the fabric and presses it down upon the table of the machine and against the feed dog.
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An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle ball hammering and rolling.
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(metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
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A machine that reduces material to pulp.
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Alternative form of pulp mill [A factory for making paper pulp from (usually) wood.]
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A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.
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An iron bar used in puddling.
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A person employed in a roller mill to insert the hot metal into the rolls.
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A machine for rolling metal into sheets.
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A press consisting of two cylinders, for rolling or calendering cloth.
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A plumber's tool for finishing soldered work.
v
To rule with stern severity.
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A branding iron which is not bent into the shape of the mark but rather requires the user to write the desired brand (and thus allows writing any brand).
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(manufacturing, historical) A sheet iron coated with a blue-black layer of oxide.
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(manufacturing, historical) A superior quality of Russia iron.
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(intransitive) To use a sadiron.
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A flatiron which has a removable handle and is pointed at both ends.
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A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
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An iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.
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A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams.
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(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
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A steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
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A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
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sheet metal consisting of iron.
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The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
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An interior lining in a blast furnace.
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Common tool steel supplied as a centerless ground round bar (with tolerances similar to that of drill rod).
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An early automated flour roller mill system.
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(uncountable) A technique for the mass-production of pottery, especially for shapes not easily made on a wheel
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A rotating disc used by gem-cutters for slitting.
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A protective device to prevent smoke inhalation, consisting of a translucent airtight bag that is sealed around a person's head while an air filter held in the mouth is used to breathe.
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A heated appliance that is used to smooth clothing and other items after washing and (usually, partially) drying.
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A tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling, or forming raised work.
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Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron.
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Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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A variety of steel, elastic, strong, and tough, rolled for making springs, etc.
adj
Made of stainless steel.
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Alternative spelling of stainless steel [An alloy of iron and chromium that resists corrosion.]
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(dialectal) A flat iron.
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An industrial facility that produces or processes steel.
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(archaic) Small articles made of steel, such as buttons and buckles.
adj
(literally, figuratively) Made of steel.
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One who points, edges, or covers with steel.
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A compound of iron containing less than 0.5 percent carbon.
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The beater of a fulling mill.
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a steelworker whose job is to guide bar stock from one milling machine to the next in a multi-step milling process
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A frame on which starched fabrics are dried.
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A currier's tool for dressing leather.
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A steel product that is produced from a hot rolled strip that has been pickled.
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Iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails; once used in making gun barrels.
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A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
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A perforated iron block with grooved sides, adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging large objects.
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A knife or piece of iron used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper.
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Cold-rolled steel as a material used for a horse's bit.
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(in the plural) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.
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(obsolete) Thin tin plate
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An iron rod used for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting.
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plate iron thinner than boilerplate and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron
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Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”)
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(also attributively) Thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony.
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A factory or machine specialized in the manufacture of thread.
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The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
adj
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
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A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.
n
A thin sheet of steel coated with tin to prevent rusting; used to make cans etc.
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Alternative form of tin opener; can opener [(Britain, Australia) a can opener.]
adj
Clad in tin or tin-coated metal.
v
Alternative spelling of tin-plate [(transitive) To coat (something, especially steel sheet) with tin, either by dipping or electroplating.]
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(archaic, slang) Synonym of toasting-fork (“a sword”)
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A hard steel made in Toledo, Spain, once used for weapons in Ancient Rome.
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Any of a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly suited for making tools.
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(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.
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An electrical appliance used to smooth the wrinkles from a pair of trousers.
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In water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached radially to the wheel.
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A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
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A piece of hard bar-steel for turning the edge of a tool, etc.
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(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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A compound of iron, such as puddled steel, made without complete fusion.
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In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
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A machine used to make paper damp in preparation for printing.
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A kind of cast iron that contains carbon as cementite, unlike gray iron, which contains carbon as graphite.
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A device used in milling to dry wheat, etc. by rapid spinning.
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A tough, malleable, ductile form of iron that is forged rather than cast, suitable for welding.
adj
made from wrought iron
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Archaic spelling of iron. [(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.]
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(Nigeria) A corrugated iron roof.
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