“hard metal”
13 fragments across 13 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from people outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Cat, has 1.
Iron initial
- Ironwick
Iron hard metal + wick dwelling
hard metal dwelling
- Ironnose
Iron hard metal + nose scenting snout
hard metal scenting snout
- Ironmod
Iron hard metal + mod courage
hard metal courage
Iron initial
- Ironlet
Iron hard metal + let small
hard metal small
- Ironby
Iron hard metal + by farmstead
hard metal farmstead
- Ironsock
Iron hard metal + sock white foot
hard metal white foot
Iron initial
- Ironbrook
Iron hard metal + brook small stream
hard metal small stream
- Ironhill
Iron hard metal + hill rising ground
hard metal rising ground
- Iron Stud
Iron hard metal + Stud breeding farm
hard metal breeding farm
Iron initial
- Ironland
Iron hard metal + land open country
hard metal open country
- Ironthorn
Iron hard metal + thorn thicket
hard metal thicket
- Ironness
Iron hard metal + ness headland
hard metal headland
Iron initial
- Ironridge
Iron hard metal + ridge land spine
hard metal land spine
- Ironhead
Iron hard metal + head headland
hard metal headland
- Ironfellow
Iron hard metal + fellow companion
hard metal companion
Iron initial
- Ironfall
Iron hard metal + fall downward drop
hard metal downward drop
- Ironcandle
Iron hard metal + candle wax light
hard metal wax light
- Ironglass
Iron hard metal + glass clear pane
hard metal clear pane
Iron initial
- Ironwright
Iron hard metal + wright maker
hard metal maker
- Ironcutter
Iron hard metal + cutter carver
hard metal carver
- Irontaker
Iron hard metal + taker seizer
hard metal seizer
Iron initial
- Iron Pen
Iron hard metal + pen quill feather
hard metal quill feather
- Iron the Third
Iron hard metal + the third third in line
hard metal third in line
- Iron Wave
Iron hard metal + wave rolling swell
hard metal rolling swell
Iron initial
- Ironscale
Iron hard metal + scale wall climb
hard metal wall climb
- Ironcatch
Iron hard metal + catch seizing hold
hard metal seizing hold
- Ironhook
Iron hard metal + hook curved barb
hard metal curved barb
Iron initial
- Irontooth
Iron hard metal + tooth fang
hard metal fang
- Ironjaw
Iron hard metal + jaw grinding maw
hard metal grinding maw
- Ironchin
Iron hard metal + chin square jowl
hard metal square jowl
Iron initial
- Ironbell
Iron hard metal + bell tolling chime
hard metal tolling chime
- Ironbloom
Iron hard metal + bloom bud
hard metal bud
- Ironshroud
Iron hard metal + shroud burial cloth
hard metal burial cloth
Iron initial
- Ironsinew
Iron hard metal + sinew binding tendon
hard metal binding tendon
- Irongaze
Iron hard metal + gaze fixed stare
hard metal fixed stare
- Ironcoat
Iron hard metal + coat outer fur
hard metal outer fur
Iron initial
- Ironknot
Iron hard metal + knot tied loop
hard metal tied loop
- Ironthread
Iron hard metal + thread twisted fibre
hard metal twisted fibre
- Ironroot
Iron hard metal + root buried stem
hard metal buried stem
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “hard metal”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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