The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— a silver-white malleable ductile magnetic heavy metallic element that readily rusts in moist air, occurs in pure form in meteorites and combined in most igneous rocks, is the most abundant element on Earth by mass, and is vital to biological processes
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Macmillan
— a hard, heavy metal that is a common element. Its symbol is Fe and it is used for making steel and is also used in many types of machine and building structures.
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Other Word Forms
ironed
ironing
irons
Usage
4 uses of ‘iron’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle