Part 6068

<h1>Iron-fisted</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron-fist`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Closefisted; stingy; mean.</def>

<h1>Iron-gray</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron-gray`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.</def></def2>

<h1>Ironheads</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron*heads`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A European composite herb (<spn>Centaurea nigra</spn>); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.</def>

<i>Dr. Prior.</i>

<h1>Iron-hearted</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; <as>as, an <ex>iron-hearted</ex> master</as>.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Ironic</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I*ron"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ironical.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Ironical</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I*ron"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>ironicus</ets>, Gr. <?/ dissembling: cf. F. <ets>ironique</ets>. See <er>Irony</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; <as>as, an <ex>ironical</ex> remark</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>I*ron"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>I*ron"ic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Ironing</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The clothes ironed.</def>

<cs><col>Ironing board</col>, <cd>a flat board, upon which clothes are laid being ironed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ironish</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling iron, as in taste.</def>

<i>Wood.</i>

<h1>Ironist</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ron*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who uses irony.</def>

<h1>Ironmaster</h1> <Xpage=788>