iron mold

American  

noun

1. a stain on cloth or the like made by rusty iron or by ink pigmented with an iron derivative.

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Etymology

Origin of iron mold

First recorded in 1595–1605

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iron mold

“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

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

Muriatic acid is successfully used for removing ink stains and iron mold on a number of colors which it does not attack.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette

Then slowly, as he saw the excellence of her, standing there, his face dropped back into its iron mold.

From The Purchase Price by Emerson Hough

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