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As a count noun: a small bar or rod of osmund.
A narrow four-sided block of iron or other metal from which nails are cut. Now historical.
(a) a finished bar of iron, ready for the market (cf. merchant iron n.); (b) a small shaped piece of steel.
A cylindrical piece of something. An iron or steel bar of circular section.
a bar made from special pig iron for making into iron plating.
a small bar or rod of osmund.