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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal.
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Arthurian
, the Red Knight of the Red Lands.
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Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a place in the parish of New Deer in Aberdeenshire. This was probably named with the Old English elements earn ‘eagle’ + sīde ‘side’ (of a hill).English : possibly from Middle English irenside (Old English īren ‘iron’ + sīde ‘side’), a nickname for an iron-clad warrior. The best-known bearer of this nickname (not as a surname) was Edmund Ironside, who was briefly king of England in 1016.
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One who, or that which, irons.
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A hard, earthy ore of iron.
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A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.
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A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
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A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
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A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
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An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith.
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Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.
v. t.
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.
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A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
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A pair of blacksmith's tongs.
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A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.