iron mold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of iron mold
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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“Being able to blow glass into an iron mold and have pieces release cleanly without chipping or breaking is an art.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2014
To a man of Bismarck’s iron mold, the exercise of power is the breath of life; this made it a tragedy for the aged Bismarck to withdraw.
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by John Hubert Greusel
The heavy November twilight caught them as the train roared through the Bobmin valley past hillsides stained with dead bracken—like iron mold, Jenny thought.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
A piece of cotton thread must be heated in a furnace in an iron mold, which would prevent the thread from burning by keeping out the air.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
Modest, and mighty, and tender, Man of an iron mold, Learned or unlearned, our defender, American-souled!
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by George Parsons Lathrop
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