ˈironish, a. Now rare.
[f. iron n.1 + -ish.]
† 1. Of iron: = iron a. 1. Obs.
| c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1360 The leggis als thoght the king of yrnysshe matieres wasse. |
2. Partaking of the qualities of iron; irony; ferruginous.
| 1641 French Distill. v. (1651) 165 That acidity and that ironish and vitriolated tast and odour. 1675 E. Wilson Spadacr. Dunelm. 66 A strong irritation of Nature to expel her Ironish Enemy [iron taken medicinally]. a 1691 Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 219 A kind of black taffety, which..will, after..a very few days, degenerate into an ironish colour. |