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单词 ironworking
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ironworkingn.

Brit. /ˈʌɪənˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌwərkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.1, working n.
Etymology: < iron n.1 + working n. Compare earlier ironworker n.
1. Iron that has been worked. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing > product of
iron gear1381
ironwarea1398
ironwork1423
ferramentc1425
black work1537
smith work1583
ironworking1680
ironmongery1711
1680 in P. Thompson Coll. Acct. Boston (1820) App. 13 The smyth for every pound of iron working..shall have, 2d.
2. The action, craft, or industry of working iron.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing
smithcrafteOE
smith's crafta1387
ironwork1423
smithy crafta1522
smithery?1548
ferrary1598
smithy1804
ironmongery1810
blacksmithing1811
ironworking1828
blacksmithery1833
1828 Age 25 May 162/3 Useful lectures and information upon handicraft of every description, such as shoemaking,..iron-working, wire-working, &c.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 499 Apparatus for iron-working is not yet represented in the laboratories.
1915 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 229/2 Lines of work requiring long hours of standing and heavy lifting, such as mining, iron-working, and general transportation.
1961 J. Seymour Fat of Land ix. 117 We found ourselves forced to build up, little by little, a complete workshop: carpenter's tools, iron-working tools, spanners, [etc.].
2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) vi. 56 The industries he knows—ship building, ironworking, ship repair—have been declining all around him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ironworkingadj.

Brit. /ˈʌɪənˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌwərkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: iron n.1, working adj.
Etymology: < iron n.1 + working adj., originally after ancient Greek σιδηροτέκτων. Compare earlier ironworker n., ironworking n.
That works or manufactures iron.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > iron-working
ferrific1671
ironworking1773
1773 T. Morell tr. Æschylus Prometheus in Chains iv. 24 in Αισχυλου Προμηθευς Δεσμωτης Where..Now dwell the iron-working [Gk. σιδηροτέκτονες] Chalybes.
1825 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. I. 122 The West Bow..was even then remarkable for iron-working handicraftsmen.
1895 Daily News 23 Sept. 7/4 Increased strength has been imparted to the iron-working branches by the further advance this week in unmarked iron.
1918 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 18 58 The ancient middens give conclusive evidences that an iron-working people once inhabited these parts.
1996 S. B. Boyd et al. Redeeming Men iv. 116 Recalling his childhood visits with his grandfather, who was an ironworking man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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