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iron works en · NOUN

Etymology

From iron + works.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of ironworks.
   alt of ironworks
   • DOMESTIC LIFE IN AMERICA. (In a Letter from a Correspondent at Cincinnati.) This town is far superior to our late place of sojourn, Pittsburgh, being spacious and clean, with handsome houses and wood for fuel. Pittsburgh, on the contrary, is dirty and confined, abounding in iron works burning coal, which gives forth a denser smoke than English coal. The houses in this place, when we visited it in 1818, were mostly of wood; these have been in general removed on wheels drawn by oxen and horses, and placed in the suburbs, whence they are now removing once more. Here are four markets well supplied with the necessaries, and even the luxuries, of life, including almost everything you can think of, and many things which you have never thought of. Apple butter, for instance, is one of the latter, and is made by stewing apples in new cider, after it has been boiled down to one-third of its bulk. It is sold at 6¼ cts. per quart, and is very delicious. The fruits of this country are abundant […] 1832 May 26, “Domestic Life in America”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, number 548, page 323:

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