work
Webster Dictionary
structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works
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blacksmith
Webster Dictionary
a smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc
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whitesmith
Webster Dictionary
one who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith
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forge
Webster Dictionary
the works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill
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steel
(stil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various forms of refined iron containing less carbon than pig iron and more than wrought iron and possessing varying qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength.
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cupola
Webster Dictionary
a furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works
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hemochromatosis
(ˌhi məˌkroʊ məˈtoʊ sɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a disorder of iron metabolism manifested by bronzed skin due to excessive iron absorption, leading to joint pain, diabetes, and liver damage if iron concentration is not reduced.
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carron oil
Webster Dictionary
a lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland
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tank iron
(tank iron)
Princeton's WordNet
plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron
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pig iron
(ˈpɪgˌhɛd ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
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gasometer
Webster Dictionary
an apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required
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siderite
Webster Dictionary
carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron
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plumber
Webster Dictionary
one who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings
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steel
Webster Dictionary
a variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon
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dehors
Webster Dictionary
all sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover
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remain
Webster Dictionary
the posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
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legal
Webster Dictionary
according to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation
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retort
Webster Dictionary
a vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works
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magnet
(ˈmæg nɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
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stannite
(ˈstæn aɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu
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bloom
(blum)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large lump of iron and slag, of pasty consistency when hot, hammered into wrought iron.
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ferrite
(ˈfɛr aɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the pure iron constituent of ferrous metals, as distinguished from the iron carbides.
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taconite
(ˈtæk əˌnaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an iron-bearing chert mined as low-grade iron ore in the Mesabi Range.
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cast iron
(ˈkæs tɪŋ, ˈkɑ stɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle iron.
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limonite
(ˈlaɪ məˌnaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a brown-to-yellow mineral mixture, mostly noncrystalline iron hydroxide with hematite and goethite: an ore of iron.
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tilt hammer
Webster Dictionary
a tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer
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vulcanian
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals
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finery
Webster Dictionary
a charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling
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puddle
Webster Dictionary
to subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron
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ferrous
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate
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