= iron, n.1 12. Also occasionally figurative.

Any of various devices that apply pressure, but not heat, in the course of manufacturing, processing, etc. In early use, typically: a press used to…

A rod used for stiffening the plaits or ‘sets’ of ruffs, a poking-stick. Obsolete.

An instrument for crimping a ruff. Cf. poting stick, n. Obsolete. rare.

= putter, n.1 4; cf. poting stick, n. 1.

a rod for stiffening the pleats of a ruff (originally made of wood or bone, later of steel so as to be applied hot).

An instrument for crimping the folds of a ruff. Cf. putter, n.1 4, poting stick, n. 1.

A wooden, iron, or bone tool for crimping linen. Cf. poking-stick n. at poking, n.1 compounds 2. Obsolete.

= poking-stick n. at poking, n.1 compounds 2. Obsolete.

A tailor's smoothing-iron. Plural gooses.

= poking-stick n.

Any of various hand-held implements having a flat metal base, which are heated and used to smooth fabric or clothes; (now) esp. one heated by an…

a flat-iron (also figurative); an iron slicker used for smoothing leather.

As the name of various instruments made of steel. A flat-iron. Obsolete exc. dialect.

an iron for smoothing linen, clothes, etc., with a cavity inside to hold a piece of hot iron or hot coals.

a box-iron (now dialect).

= pressing iron, n.

A board on which clothes and other articles are ironed, now typically comprising a fabric-covered length of wood, metal, or plastic, with a…

A solid flat iron for smoothing clothes, in contradistinction to a hollow box iron. Cf. sad, adj. 8b.

An iron with a flat face for smoothing linen, etc.

a shaped board on which sleeves are ironed or pressed.

A device or appliance for ironing laundry; an ironing machine.

A cylindrical ‘iron’ with rounded end, made hollow for the reception of the cylindrical heater, used for fluting or crimping lace, frills, etc.

A board on or against which cloth or clothing may be pressed or ironed; spec. a small padded board used when sewing.

an iron tool used for goffering lace, frills, etc.

(a) = skirting board, n.; (b) a board to iron skirts on.

A goffering-tool.

a device (esp. an electrical one) for smoothing out wrinkles and producing a sharp crease in the legs of trousers.

(a) a person who is employed to press trousers; (b) a device (esp. an electrical one) for smoothing out wrinkles and producing a sharp crease in the…

an iron (iron, n.1 12) which is heated by an electric element.

A piece of cloth placed on top of a garment or piece of fabric when ironing, for protection, or dampened to produce steam.

a soft pad on which a fabric or garment is placed to be pressed (now esp. in a pressing machine).

an instrument for pressing ties.

an electric iron containing water which is heated and emitted as steam from its flat surface to assist in the pressing of clothes.

a board used for pressing something; spec. (a) either of a pair of boards used in bookbinding to compress the sheets or volumes, or by botanists to…