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  • 31wrought iron — noun iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑iron, ↑Fe, ↑atomic number 26 • Hyponyms: ↑Swedish iron • Substance Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 32Wrought iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… …

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  • 33wrought iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… …

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  • 34wrought — in·ter·wrought; in·wrought; over·wrought; un·wrought; wrought; …

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  • 35wrought up — adj. upset wrought up over (he gets wrought up over trifles) * * * [ upset ] wrought up over (he gets wrought up over trifles) …

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  • 36wrought — [[t]rɔ͟ːt[/t]] 1) VERB: only past If something has wrought a change, it has made it happen. [JOURNALISM or, LITERARY] [V n] Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany. 2) ADJ If something is wrought in a… …

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  • 37wrought up — ▶ adjective AGITATED, tense, stressed, overwrought, nervous, on edge, edgy, keyed up, worked up, anxious, nervy, flustered, fretful, upset; informal in a state, in a stew, het up, wound up, uptight, jumpy, in a tizz/tizzy; Brit. informal strung… …

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  • 38wrought-up — /rawt up /, adj. excited; perturbed: She s all wrought up about the new deadline. Also called worked up. [1800 10] * * * wroughtˈ up adjective In an agitated condition, over excited • • • Main Entry: ↑wrought * * * wrought up …

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  • 39Wrought — Work Work (w[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Worked} (w[^u]rkt), or {Wrought} (r[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Working}.] [AS. wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht); akin to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian, D. werken, G. wirken, Icel.… …

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  • 40wrought-iron scrap — Scrap Scrap (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. See {Scrape}, v. t.] 1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. [1913 Webster] I have no materials not a scrap. De… …

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