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ˈiron-ˈore, iron ore
The ore of iron; any crude form in which iron is found in the earth.
1601Holland Pliny xxxiv. xiv. II. 514 Mines of yron ore. 1645Boate Irel. Nat. Hist. (1652) 138 The manner of melting the Iron-oar. 1799Med. Jrnl. I. 202 As completely terrigenous and opaque as any argillaceous iron-ore. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 256 Specular iron-ore, or iron-glance. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Iron-ores: Magnetic (magnetite, protoperoxide), specular (hematite proper, red hematite, anhydrous peroxide), brown iron ore (hematite, brown hematite,limonite, etc., hydrated peroxides), spathic (siderite, carbonate), clay-ironstone (black band, argillaceous siderite).
attrib.1892Labour Commission Gloss., Iron-ore Men, men who discharge iron-ore cargoes. 1895Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 3/2 Colliers, iron-ore miners, quarrymen. |