iron mold
noun
a stain on cloth or the like made by rusty iron or by ink pigmented with an iron derivative.
Origin of iron mold
1First recorded in 1595–1605
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How to use iron mold in a sentence
Muriatic acid is successfully used for removing ink stains and iron mold on a number of colors which it does not attack.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) | Mrs. F.L. GillettePlough with cast-iron mold-board and iron shares—James Small, Scotland, 1784.
The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth BurnsHe made cast-iron mold-boards and wrought-iron shares, and introduced the draft-chain.
Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. | Frank Gilbert
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