art of extracting iron from the ore. See Supplement.
Iron-Moulds, and spots of ink in linen, may be taken out by moistening the stained part in a solution of oxalic acid in distilled water, and then washing it out in pure water.
Iron-Sick, in the sea-language, is said of a ship or boat, boat, when her bolts or nails are so eaten with rust, and so worn away, that they occasion hollows in the planks, whereby the vessel is rendered leaky.
IRON-Wood, in Botany. See Sideroxylum, Botany Index.
IRON-Wort, in Botany. See Sideritis, Botany Index.