white ironn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈʌɪən/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈaɪ(ə)rn/

Forms: 1700s– white iron; Scottish pre-1700 quheit irne, pre-1700 quhite erne, pre-1700 quhite irne, pre-1700 quhit irne, pre-1700 quhyte irne, pre-1700 quhyt irne, pre-1700 quhyt iyrne, pre-1700 wheat irone, pre-1700 white yron, pre-1700 whitiron, pre-1700 whyit yerne, pre-1700 whyt airn, pre-1700 whyt irne, pre-1700 1700s– white iron, 1700s whyte iron.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., iron n.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + iron n.¹ With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin album ferrum (1464 in a British source; 1530 in a continental source), Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French fer blanc (1317 in Old French; now usually fer-blanc), both in sense ‘iron plated with tin’.

1. Chiefly Scottish. Iron plated with tin; tin plate. Also called latten and white latten. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > tinplate

white iron1496

latten1611

tin-plate1677

taggers1834

terne-plate1858

coke plate1878

terne1904

coke1930

electrotin1935

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 293 ij dowbil platis of quhit irne to be gun chargeouris.

1532 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 155 vj mesouris of quhite irne for the hagbutis charge.

1571 J. Leslie Diary 15 Aug. in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 140 Testimonialis in a box of whyit yerne.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 205 Joynd in three parts, with Lead or white Iron.

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 19 Tin Plates single and double, call'd white Iron, from Saxony.

1755 J. Smeaton Diary 2 July in Journey to Low Countries (1938) 34 It has..12 pairs of Bellows the largest pipe being 32 feet long, and 16 Inches Diamr.; being made of Tin, or more properly white Iron.

1810 N. Meredith Rudim. Chem. Philos. iv. 41 They are very improperly stiled tin plates, being in reality iron coated with tin: the term white iron, used in Scotland, is somewhat less exceptionable.

1818 Philos. Mag. 52 139 The heat was become sufficient to burn the zinc, which is united to the red copper in the brass, and the tin which covers the iron in the white-iron-plate.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 346 At the wrists of his coat he had tin or white iron frills, with loose pieces attached, which tinkled as he moved.

a1901 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden (1922) 137 What do you think they got stickin' in her thrapple but the mester's white-iron 'baka box.

2. Cast iron that contains a low proportion of uncombined carbon and shows a white or silvery surface when fractured; spec. cast iron in which most or all of the carbon is present in the form of cementite; = white cast iron n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1g(c)(ii). Contrasted with grey iron n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > other types of cast iron

grey iron1665

white iron1665

run metal1741

white cast iron1792

mottled iron1836

tender-floss1839

pot metal1854

semi-steel1858

silicon iron1878

white-heart1911

white-heart1928

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis 47 There be three sorts of Cast Iron; 1. The first sort is Gray Iron... 2.The second sort is called Motley Iron... 3. The third sort is called white Iron.

1798 Philos. Jrnl. 2 157 The fracture of such iron present a white surface destitute of grain... In commerce this variety of iron is known by the names of white iron, forge pigs, ballast iron, &c.

1824 Boston Jrnl. Philos. & Arts 1 70 The white iron is hard and brittle, and it does not seem to be well understood to what this is to be attributed.

1831 Amer. Q. Rev. 9 359 According to the theory [of Karsten], there is no essential difference in the proportion of carbon between grey and white cast iron, but the former is a mechanical mixture of crystals of carbon, nearly pure, with iron..while the white iron is a homogeneous alloy of carbon and iron.

1930 Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. 4 803 At a given rate of cooling, a higher silicon content..is the chief agent in securing soft gray iron instead of hard white iron.

1965 G. J. Jones Fund. Workshop Technol. ii. 32 Rapid cooling tends to produce a white iron and localized ‘chilling’ is sometimes practised in the foundry in order to produce hard wear-resistant surfaces on iron castings.

2011 D. J. Hall & N. M. Giglio Field Guide Resid. Constr. xi. 123 White iron castings are used primarily in industrial machinery parts that experience high wear.

Compounds

† white iron man n. Scottish Obsolete a dealer or worker in tin plate.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin

whitesmith1260

tinner1272

tin-worker1610

tinman1611

white-iron smith1711

white iron man1765

whitster1823

tinsmith1858

1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 2 Robert Thrippeny White-Iron-man.

1765 J. Watt Let. 5 Dec. in J. P. Muirhead Origins & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt. (1854) I. 13 My old white-iron man is dead.

1847 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. (new ed.) 223 In 1644, the first white iron man was admitted.

† white-iron smith n. Scottish Obsolete a worker in tin plate; a tinsmith (cf. whitesmith n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin

whitesmith1260

tinner1272

tin-worker1610

tinman1611

white-iron smith1711

white iron man1765

whitster1823

tinsmith1858

1711 W. Mitchel Petition (title page) The petition of William Mitchel, white-iron smith in Edinburgh, to the high and mighty soveraign Queen Ann.

1731 in Rec. Convent. Burghs Scotl. (1885) V. 528 Spurriers, gunsmyths, whiteiron smyths.

1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 19 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 63 ‘James Hood, White Iron Smith’ (i.e. Tin-plate Worker).

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv^*. 219 Deacon Clank, the white-iron smith .

1884 Dundee Courier & Argus 28 Nov. 7/4 Dan Tindal, the white-iron smith.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white iron
释义	white ironn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈʌɪən/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈaɪ(ə)rn/ Forms: 1700s– white iron; Scottish pre-1700 quheit irne, pre-1700 quhite erne, pre-1700 quhite irne, pre-1700 quhit irne, pre-1700 quhyte irne, pre-1700 quhyt irne, pre-1700 quhyt iyrne, pre-1700 wheat irone, pre-1700 white yron, pre-1700 whitiron, pre-1700 whyit yerne, pre-1700 whyt airn, pre-1700 whyt irne, pre-1700 1700s– white iron, 1700s whyte iron. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., iron n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + iron n.¹ With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin album ferrum (1464 in a British source; 1530 in a continental source), Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French fer blanc (1317 in Old French; now usually fer-blanc), both in sense ‘iron plated with tin’. 1. Chiefly Scottish. Iron plated with tin; tin plate. Also called latten and white latten. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > tinplate white iron1496 latten1611 tin-plate1677 taggers1834 terne-plate1858 coke plate1878 terne1904 coke1930 electrotin1935 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 293 ij dowbil platis of quhit irne to be gun chargeouris. 1532 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 155 vj mesouris of quhite irne for the hagbutis charge. 1571 J. Leslie Diary 15 Aug. in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 140 Testimonialis in a box of whyit yerne. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 205 Joynd in three parts, with Lead or white Iron. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 19 Tin Plates single and double, call'd white Iron, from Saxony. 1755 J. Smeaton Diary 2 July in Journey to Low Countries (1938) 34 It has..12 pairs of Bellows the largest pipe being 32 feet long, and 16 Inches Diamr.; being made of Tin, or more properly white Iron. 1810 N. Meredith Rudim. Chem. Philos. iv. 41 They are very improperly stiled tin plates, being in reality iron coated with tin: the term white iron, used in Scotland, is somewhat less exceptionable. 1818 Philos. Mag. 52 139 The heat was become sufficient to burn the zinc, which is united to the red copper in the brass, and the tin which covers the iron in the white-iron-plate. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 346 At the wrists of his coat he had tin or white iron frills, with loose pieces attached, which tinkled as he moved. a1901 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden (1922) 137 What do you think they got stickin' in her thrapple but the mester's white-iron 'baka box. 2. Cast iron that contains a low proportion of uncombined carbon and shows a white or silvery surface when fractured; spec. cast iron in which most or all of the carbon is present in the form of cementite; = white cast iron n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1g(c)(ii). Contrasted with grey iron n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > other types of cast iron grey iron1665 white iron1665 run metal1741 white cast iron1792 mottled iron1836 tender-floss1839 pot metal1854 semi-steel1858 silicon iron1878 white-heart1911 white-heart1928 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis 47 There be three sorts of Cast Iron; 1. The first sort is Gray Iron... 2.The second sort is called Motley Iron... 3. The third sort is called white Iron. 1798 Philos. Jrnl. 2 157 The fracture of such iron present a white surface destitute of grain... In commerce this variety of iron is known by the names of white iron, forge pigs, ballast iron, &c. 1824 Boston Jrnl. Philos. & Arts 1 70 The white iron is hard and brittle, and it does not seem to be well understood to what this is to be attributed. 1831 Amer. Q. Rev. 9 359 According to the theory [of Karsten], there is no essential difference in the proportion of carbon between grey and white cast iron, but the former is a mechanical mixture of crystals of carbon, nearly pure, with iron..while the white iron is a homogeneous alloy of carbon and iron. 1930 Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. 4 803 At a given rate of cooling, a higher silicon content..is the chief agent in securing soft gray iron instead of hard white iron. 1965 G. J. Jones Fund. Workshop Technol. ii. 32 Rapid cooling tends to produce a white iron and localized ‘chilling’ is sometimes practised in the foundry in order to produce hard wear-resistant surfaces on iron castings. 2011 D. J. Hall & N. M. Giglio Field Guide Resid. Constr. xi. 123 White iron castings are used primarily in industrial machinery parts that experience high wear. Compounds † white iron man n. Scottish Obsolete a dealer or worker in tin plate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin whitesmith1260 tinner1272 tin-worker1610 tinman1611 white-iron smith1711 white iron man1765 whitster1823 tinsmith1858 1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 2 Robert Thrippeny White-Iron-man. 1765 J. Watt Let. 5 Dec. in J. P. Muirhead Origins & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt. (1854) I. 13 My old white-iron man is dead. 1847 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. (new ed.) 223 In 1644, the first white iron man was admitted. † white-iron smith n. Scottish Obsolete a worker in tin plate; a tinsmith (cf. whitesmith n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin whitesmith1260 tinner1272 tin-worker1610 tinman1611 white-iron smith1711 white iron man1765 whitster1823 tinsmith1858 1711 W. Mitchel Petition (title page) The petition of William Mitchel, white-iron smith in Edinburgh, to the high and mighty soveraign Queen Ann. 1731 in Rec. Convent. Burghs Scotl. (1885) V. 528 Spurriers, gunsmyths, whiteiron smyths. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 19 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 63 ‘James Hood, White Iron Smith’ (i.e. Tin-plate Worker). 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv^. 219 Deacon Clank, the white-iron smith . View more context for this quotation 1884 Dundee Courier & Argus* 28 Nov. 7/4 Dan Tindal, the white-iron smith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1496
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