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单词 iron-mould
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iron-mouldiron-moldv.

Brit. /ˈʌɪənməʊld/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌmoʊld/
Forms: see iron mould n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: iron mould n.
Etymology: < iron mould n.
1. transitive. To stain with iron mould (iron mould n. 1b). Also in figurative context. Now rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain > stain with specific substances
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iron-mould1694
1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 114/2 They soon contract the Rust of Idleness, which will certainly Iron mould the most curious Skin.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Clear Starching If your Muslins be Iron-moulded.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 197 It [sc. mineral water] must have dyed or iron-molded the linen, as our country folk express it.
1858 J. H. Walsh Eng. Cookery Bk. (1859) ii. 25 Galvanized iron boilers..are liable to ‘iron-mould’ linen boiled in them.
1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man vi. 112 The superabundant oxide of iron..so to speak ‘iron-moulds’ them.
1913 Chatterbox 130/2 The handkerchiefs were iron-moulded, and the collars like rags, the irons having been nearly cold when used.
2. intransitive. To become stained with iron mould. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > become soiled [verb (intransitive)] > become otherwise stained
iron-mould1898
water-spot1909
1898 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 14 51/1 This department was one of the most unhealthy.., drops falling from the beams often causing the warps to iron mould.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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