cast ironn.

Forms: Also cast-iron.

Etymology: see cast adj.²

1. Iron run in a molten state into moulds where it has cooled and hardened.

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

font1578

yetling iron1578

cast iron1665

iron foundry1686

yetling1769

metal1858

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D Give me leave to mention that there be three sorts of Cast Iron.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 164 For the backs of Chimneys..they use a sort of cast-Iron.

1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 165 The..Pipes..should they be of the best Cast Iron, a too intense Heat..would indanger their melting.

1788 J. Alderson Ess. Fevers 49 If the ingenious workers of Cast Iron would turn their thoughts to this Article, Iron Bedsteads might be supplied.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 392 The process for reducing cast iron into malleable iron called blooming.

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxii. 195 Cast iron is manufactured in England chiefly from clay iron-stone.

a. attributive (commonly hyphenated).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > made of iron > made of cast iron

cast iron1692

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xiv. 110 A Cast Iron-Bullet of 4 Inches Diameter.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 104 I took a..shallow cast iron pot.

1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 ii. 424 We have Cast-Iron Bridges, Cast-Iron Boats, Cast-Iron Roads.

1881 Metal World 21 May 28/2 Cast iron fences of much elaboration of pattern.

b. figurative. Hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; ‘hard-and-fast’, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness. (Hyphenated.)

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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] > capable of moral effort or endurance

strongeOE

dreicha1200

stable13..

wilfulc1330

toughc1400

durable1541

strong-minded1544

unbending1796

cast iron1829

backboned1940

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance

adamantinea1382

rock-like1595

unmalleable1606

immarbled1641

iron-bound1648

inflexible1698

cast iron1829

teak-built1847

granitic1862

inelastic1867

petrified1870

ossified1901

shatter-proof1936

sclerotic1965

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > very

iron-hardOE

bone?a1300

adamantinea1382

stony?1523

adamant1535

steel-harda1560

buff-hard1589

steely1596

diamantine1605

steela1607

rocked1610

Brazil1635

adamantean1671

osseousa1682

iron1708

ferreous1774

rock-likea1793

cast iron1886

bone-hard1924

1829 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 20 Sept. 593/1 The Duke of Wellington..was esteemed a cast-iron Statesman.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/2 His look..of that cast-iron gravity frequent enough among our own Chancery suitors.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xii. 208 Those eupeptic studying-mills, the cast-iron men.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 159 He laid down..no cast-iron theorem, to which circumstances must be fitted as they rose.

1876 Lubbock in Contemp. Rev. June 80 It is very undesirable to lay down cast-iron rules of this kind.

1886 C. D. Warner My Summer in Garden (ed. 4) 51 What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	cast iron
释义	cast ironn. Forms: Also cast-iron. Etymology: see cast adj.² 1. Iron run in a molten state into moulds where it has cooled and hardened. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron font1578 yetling iron1578 cast iron1665 iron foundry1686 yetling1769 metal1858 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D Give me leave to mention that there be three sorts of Cast Iron. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 164 For the backs of Chimneys..they use a sort of cast-Iron. 1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 165 The..Pipes..should they be of the best Cast Iron, a too intense Heat..would indanger their melting. 1788 J. Alderson Ess. Fevers 49 If the ingenious workers of Cast Iron would turn their thoughts to this Article, Iron Bedsteads might be supplied. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 392 The process for reducing cast iron into malleable iron called blooming. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxii. 195 Cast iron is manufactured in England chiefly from clay iron-stone. 2. a. attributive (commonly hyphenated). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > made of iron > made of cast iron cast iron1692 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xiv. 110 A Cast Iron-Bullet of 4 Inches Diameter. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 104 I took a..shallow cast iron pot. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 ii. 424 We have Cast-Iron Bridges, Cast-Iron Boats, Cast-Iron Roads. 1881 Metal World 21 May 28/2 Cast iron fences of much elaboration of pattern. b. figurative. Hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; ‘hard-and-fast’, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness. (Hyphenated.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] > capable of moral effort or endurance strongeOE dreicha1200 stable13.. wilfulc1330 toughc1400 durable1541 strong-minded1544 unbending1796 cast iron1829 backboned1940 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance adamantinea1382 rock-like1595 unmalleable1606 immarbled1641 iron-bound1648 inflexible1698 cast iron1829 teak-built1847 granitic1862 inelastic1867 petrified1870 ossified1901 shatter-proof1936 sclerotic1965 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > very iron-hardOE bone?a1300 adamantinea1382 stony?1523 adamant1535 steel-harda1560 buff-hard1589 steely1596 diamantine1605 steela1607 rocked1610 Brazil1635 adamantean1671 osseousa1682 iron1708 ferreous1774 rock-likea1793 cast iron1886 bone-hard1924 1829 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 20 Sept. 593/1 The Duke of Wellington..was esteemed a cast-iron Statesman. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/2 His look..of that cast-iron gravity frequent enough among our own Chancery suitors. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xii. 208 Those eupeptic studying-mills, the cast-iron men. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 159 He laid down..no cast-iron theorem, to which circumstances must be fitted as they rose. 1876 Lubbock in Contemp. Rev. June 80 It is very undesirable to lay down cast-iron rules of this kind. 1886 C. D. Warner My Summer in Garden (ed. 4) 51 What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1665
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