Read full poem →For this your locks in paper durance bound,
For this with torturing irons wreath'd around?
For this with fillets strain'd your tender head,
Dictionary Entry
A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. ironsirons castirons hotirons legirons angleirons many
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Poetry examples for “irons”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Thy[214] troubled hairs, alas, endured great loss.
How patiently hot irons they did take,
In crookËd trannels[215] crispy curls to make.
Read full poem →That fed the blow-fires in the sheds
To heat the soldering irons.
And I mounted a rickety ladder to do it,
Read full poem →Nous n'irons plus au bois,
Les pins sont eternels,
Read full poem →They drift as wrecks on the tide,
The grappling-irons are plied,
The boarders climb up the side,
Read full poem →"A smith, a smith, right speedilie,
To file the irons frae my dear brither!
For forward, forward we wad be,"
Read full poem →The Laird's Jock has gotten up fu' hie;
And down the stair, him, irons and a',
Wi' nae sma' speid and joy, brings he.