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单词 iron mould
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iron mouldiron moldn.

Brit. /ˈʌɪən ˌməʊld/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rn ˌmoʊld/
Forms: see iron n.1 and mould n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.1, mould n.1
Etymology: < iron n.1 + mould n.1, originally as alteration of iron mole n.
1.
a. A pernicious person or thing; a moral stain or blemish. Cf. iron mole n. 2. Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > a moral blemish or stain
smitOE
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tachec1330
spot1340
wrinklea1400
tackc1425
iron mould1584
iron mole1599
soil1600
taintment1633
smirch1862
1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers f. 16 It greeueth me to consider of ye vnhappie state of some, who..like white rambricke are stained with this yron moulde.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 22 Such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books.
1782 S. Hoole Mod. Manners (ed. 2) viii. 71 Now powders will take out the fix'd iron-mould Of lewdness.
b. literal. A spot or stain on cloth, paper, etc., caused by iron rust or ink containing iron salts. Now chiefly as a mass noun: staining of this kind. Cf. iron mole n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > spotted condition > spot
speckc725
moleeOE
spot?c1225
wen1340
spleck1398
tachea1400
motec1400
macule?a1425
smot1532
fleck1598
iron mould1638
flecket1684
sye1781
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > spotted condition > spot > on cloth
iron mould1638
1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 378 Fine linnen being once stained with black Inke, though it be wash'd never so, will retaine an Iron-mould ever after.
1697 C. K. Art's Master-piece 153 Wet the place with it..in doing it five or six times, the Iron-mould, or Spot will wash out.
1753 Compl. Family Compan. 128 As soon as the Ironmould is out, throw it [sc. linen] into cold Water.
1788 Trans. Soc. Arts 6 169 In this [paper] there are no Iron Moulds.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 67 Yellowish spots very much like iron-moulds.
1872 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Leviticus xiii. 49 Ironmould is a familiar example of a stain caused by a chemical process.
1908 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Bad Times (ed. 2) v. 49 The linen covering above it was limp with damp, and spotted here and there with ironmoulds.
1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ Garden Party 33 Of course she wore gloves, white ones, stained at the fastenings with iron-mould.
1959 Home Encycl. 145 Linen, to remove iron-mould. Spread a thick paste of salt and lemon over the stain and put out in the sun to dry.
2000 L. Sage Bad Blood (2003) i. 15 The smell of Brasso, chrysanthemums, damp pew-oak and iron mould from the choir's surplices.
2. A lump or nodule of ironstone occurring in chalk. English regional (Oxfordshire). Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > clod > other clods
clota1398
sock1611
iron mould1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Iron-moulds, certain yellow Lumps of Earth or Stone found in Chalk-pits about the Chiltern in Oxfordshire, which are really a kind of indigested Iron-Oar.
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer Berrick-Priory, noted for chalk-pits, in which is found a sort of iron-colour'd terra lapidosa, in the very body of the chalk, which the diggers call Iron-moulds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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