plural of hair iron

(manufacturing, historical) A superior quality of Russia iron.

Extremely strong-willed

plural of iron butterfly

The quality of being iron-hearted.

(Christianity) A reliquary from the early Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross.

Indian red

An ancient rudimentary form of wrought iron made straight from ore without smelting.

A yellow ancient artifical iron oxide made by oxidating iron in vinegar, one of the oldest man-made pigments, often used in staining textiles.

(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.