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ironness rare.|ˈaɪənnɪs| Also 4 irinnes. [f. iron a. + -ness.] The quality of ‘iron’; in quot. a 1300, ? the fact of being clad in iron; in quot. 1803, physical strength and hardiness.
a1300Cursor M. 7544 Qua-sa fightes in wrangwisnes, Him helpes noght his Irinnes. 1803H. Swinburne in Crts. Europe Close last Cent. (1841) II. 375 An ironness of constitution hammered when red-hot by adversity. |