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“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

Reverse entry

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.

Cat


People

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

Dog


People

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

Horse


People

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

Kingdom


Objects

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

Necromancer


Tabletop

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

Nickname


People

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

Rap


Music

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

Rogue


Tabletop

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

Troll


Creatures

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

Villain


People

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

Werewolf


Creatures

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

Witch


People

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

See also

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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