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- noun Archaic spelling of
iron .
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Examples
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Ouer against Babylon there is a very faire village from whence you passe to Babylon vpon a long bridge made of boats, and tyed to a great chaine of yron, which is made fast on either side of the riuer.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Babylon vpon a long bridge made of boats, and tyed to a great chaine of yron, which is made fast on either side of the riuer.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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They haue no kind of yron worke belonging to these vessels, saue only their ankers.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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They haue no kind of yron worke belonging to these vessels, saue only their ankers.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The Troglodites that are called Magaueres, carye for theyr armour and weapon, a rounde buckler of a rawe oxe hide, and a clubbe shodde with yron.
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This countrie is full of golde, siluer, latton, tinne, and yron, of the whiche it is not laweful to cary any one out of the realme.
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The Maide, who was made neither of yron nor diamond, and seeking to prevent one shame by another, was easily wonne to the Abbots will, which caused him to embrace and kisse her often.
The Decameron 2004
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Beyond these is Porta ferrea, or the yron gate, nowe called Derbent, which
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Leaving off all further talke, because now it was about midnight, they went to the great Church, where finding their enterance to be easie: they approached neere the Tombe, which was very great, being tall of Marble, and the cover-stone weighty, yet with crowes of yron and other helps, they raised it so high, that a man might without perill passe into it.
The Decameron 2004
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Be advised what thou sayest, for, if thou wilt not goe in: we will so beat thee with one of these yron crowes, that thou shalt never goe out of this Church alive.
The Decameron 2004
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