Word Meanings - CAST-IRON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

Related words: (words related to CAST-IRON)

• HARDY
  fr. OF. hardir to make bold; of German origin, cf. OHG. hertan to 1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolue; intrepid. Hap helpeth hardy man alway. Chaucer. 2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless. 3. Strong; firm;
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• HENCEFORWARD
  From this time forward; henceforth.
• HENCEFORTH
  From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
• FOOLHARDY
  Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• SHARDY
  Having, or consisting of, shards.
• THENCE
  see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark
• ARCHENCEPHALA
  The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
• THENCEFORTH
  From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12.
• WHENCEEVER
  Whencesoever.
• SITHENCE; SITHENS
  Since. See Sith, and Sithen. Piers Plowman.
• THENCEFORWARD
  From that time onward; thenceforth.
• OVERHARDY
  Too hardy; overbold.
• WHENCE
  genitive ending; -- see -wards), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See When, and cf. Hence, 1. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how;
• WHENCESOEVER
  From what place soever; from what cause or source soever. Any idea, whencesoever we have it. Locke.