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Magnetic :: Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian..

Tin :: Tin (n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

Skive :: Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

Flos-ferri :: Flos-ferri (n.) A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore..

Withe :: Withe (n.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe..

Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..

Homilite :: Homilite (n.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition..

Painter :: Painter (n.) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint..

Transom :: Transom (n.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

Mispickel :: Mispickel (n.) Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

Bosh :: Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace..

Nill :: Nill (n.) Scales of hot iron from the forge.

Iron-cased :: Iron-cased (a.) Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour..

Barking Irons :: Barking irons () Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.

Chase :: Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

Smaltite :: Smaltite (n.) A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt..

Norman :: Norman (n.) A wooden bar, or iron pin..

Brand Iron :: Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron.

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