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

Example Sentences

“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

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 Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Modest, and mighty, and tender,   Man of an iron mold, Learned or unlearned, our defender,   American-souled!

From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons

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 MacKenzie, Compton

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 Greusel, John Hubert