Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.

Same as gossan.

A locomotive; -- an term no longer used.

A steel chamber, usually cylindrical, enclosing the entire body of a person except for the head, used to assist respiration for people suffering from disease, especially poliomyelitis. A reciprocating piston at the end causes alternating high and low pressure inside, which forces or assists the breathing of the patient within.

An instrument of torture used in the middle ages, consisting of a box large enough to hold a person, often in the shape of a woman, and having multiple sharp spikes on the inside. Called also the iron maiden of Nuremberg.

Any of the oxides of iron, especially ferric oxide.

The the process of deterioration afflicting a ship that is iron-sick.

See under Iron, a.

Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.

Closefisted; stingy; mean.

Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken. An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.

Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.

Able to be attached (to clothing) by applying pressure and heat, as with a hand iron; -- of cloth items specially made with a glue that is softened by heat; -- used especially of patches to clothing or accessories to clothing, such as replacement pockets.

Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Having iron sides, or very firm sides.

Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.

having an outer covering of iron or steel; as, an ironclad war vessel.

One who, or that which, irons.

A fragrant liquid substance, a mixture of several isomers of the formula C14H22O, forming the essence of the violet fragrance, commonly isolated from orris oil or from the rhizomes of Iris. The main ingredient in violets is /-irone, which occurs as both cis and trans stereoisomers. Called also 6-methylionone.

A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.

Ironical.

The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.

Resembling iron, as in taste.

One who uses irony.

A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein.

A dealer in iron or hardware.

Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron.

a man of great strength and endurance, especially on who is brave.

A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.

A nickname for Oliver Cromwell.

A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.

A hard, earthy ore of iron.

Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.

A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.

A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.

An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, one of the principal linguistic stocks of the North American Indians. The territory of the northern Iroquoian tribes, of whom the Five Nations, or Iroquois proper, were the chief, extended from the shores of the St. Lawrence and of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie south, through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. An Indian of an Iroquoian tribe.

A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.

Irascible; passionate.

Making irps.

A fantastic grimace or contortion of the body.

Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon.

Illuminated; irradiated.

To root deeply.

The quality or state of being irrational; absence of rationality.

In an irrational manner.

Irrationality.

Incapable of being rebutted.

Not receiving; incapable of receiving.

Incapable of being reclaimed.

A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.

Not recognizable; unrecognizable.

The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.

Not reconcilable; not able to be reconciled or brought into accord; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements.

To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.

The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement.

Lack of reconciliation; disagreement.

Not fit or possible to be recorded.

Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury.

Incurable.

Not liable to exception or rejection.

The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness.

Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.

A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another.

the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.

an advocate of irredentism, especially a person in one country who advocates the incorporation of a region in another country related historically to his country.

The state or quality of being irreducible.

Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia.

Lack of reflection.

Not reflective.

Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible.

The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.

Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; irrefutable; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.

The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.

Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another.

Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.

Unregeneracy.

An unregenerate state.

One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.

One who is irregular.

The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.

In an irregular manner.

To make irregular; to disorder.

Lawless.

That can not be rejected; irresistible.

Not liable to relapse; secure.

Irrelative; unconnected.

The quality or state of being irrelative; lack of connection or relation.

Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected.

Irrelevancy.

The quality or state of being irrelevant; as, the irrelevancy of an argument.

Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case.

Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.

The state of being irreligious; lack of religion; impiety.

One who is irreligious.

In an irreligious manner.

The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.

Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way.

Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable disease or evil.

The state or quality of being irremediable.

In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction.

Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes.

Refusal of pardon.

Not remitting; unforgiving.

Not capable of being remitted; irremissible.

The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness.

Not removable; immovable; inflexible.

Absence of removal.

Not remunerable; not capable of remuneration.

Not renowned.

The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness.

Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss.

Quality of being irreparable.

In an irreparable manner.

The quality or state of being irrepealable.

Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.

Lack of repentance; impenitence.

Not capable of being replevied.

Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.