I"ron-cased` (?), a. Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.
I"ron*clad` (?), a. 1. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as
a vessel for naval warfare.
2. Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge.
[Colloq.]
I"ron*clad`, n. A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and
protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and
made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.
I"ron*er (?), n. One who, or that which, irons.
I"ron-fist`ed (?), a. Closefisted; stingy; mean.
I"ron-gray` (?), a. Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron
freshly broken. -- n. An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.
I"ron*heads` (?), n. (Bot.) A European composite herb (Centaurea
nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an
iron ball fixed on a long handle. Dr. Prior.
I"ron-heart`ed (?), a. Hard- hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an
iron-hearted master. Cowper.
I*ron"ic (?), a. Ironical. Sir T. Herbert.
I*ron"ic*al (?), a. [LL. ironicus, Gr. &?; dissembling: cf. F.
ironique. See Irony.]
1. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by,
irony; as, an ironical remark.