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ˈironish, a. Now rare.
[f. iron n.1 + -ish.]
†1. Of iron: = iron a. 1. Obs.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1360 The leggis als thoght the king of yrnysshe matieres wasse.
2. Partaking of the qualities of iron; irony; ferruginous.
1641French Distill. v. (1651) 165 That acidity and that ironish and vitriolated tast and odour. 1675E. Wilson Spadacr. Dunelm. 66 A strong irritation of Nature to expel her Ironish Enemy [iron taken medicinally]. a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 219 A kind of black taffety, which..will, after..a very few days, degenerate into an ironish colour. |