a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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iron (ˈaɪən)

—n
1.	a. steel cast iron wrought iron See also pig iron a malleable ductile silvery-white ferromagnetic metallic element occurring principally in haematite and magnetite. It is widely used for structural and engineering purposes. Symbol: Fe; atomic no: 26; atomic wt: 55.847; valency: 2,3,4, or 6; relative density: 7.874; melting pt: 1538°C; boiling pt: 2862°CRelated: ferric, ferrous, ferro-
	b. (as modifier): iron railings
2.	any of certain tools or implements made of iron or steel, esp for use when hot: a grappling iron; a soldering iron
3.	an appliance for pressing fabrics using dry heat or steam, esp a small electrically heated device with a handle and a weighted flat bottom
4.	any of various golf clubs with narrow metal heads, numbered from 1 to 9 according to the slant of the face, used esp for approach shots: a No. 6 iron
5.	an informal word for harpoon
6.	slang (US) a splintlike support for a malformed leg
7.	great hardness, strength, or resolve: a will of iron
8.	astronomy short for iron meteorite
9.	See shooting iron
10.	strike while the iron is hot to act at an opportune moment

—*adj*
11.	very hard, immovable, or implacable: iron determination
12.	very strong; extremely robust: an iron constitution
13.	cruel or unyielding: he ruled with an iron hand
14.	an iron fist See also velvet a cruel and unyielding attitude or approach

—vb
15.	to smooth (clothes or fabric) by removing (creases or wrinkles) using a heated iron; press
16.	(tr) to furnish or clothe with iron
17.	rare (tr) to place (a prisoner) in irons

Related: ferric, ferrous, ferro-

[Old English irēn; related to Old High German īsan, Old Norse jārn; compare Old Irish īarn]

'ironer

—n

'ironless

—*adj*

'ironlike

—*adj*

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