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“hard metal”

11 fragments across 11 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 4 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

Iron initial

  • Ironfellow

    Iron hard metal + fellow companion

    hard metal companion

  • Ironthwaite

    Iron hard metal + thwaite clearing

    hard metal clearing

  • Ironheart

    Iron hard metal + heart courage

    hard metal courage

Necromancer


Tabletop

Iron initial

  • Ironsleep

    Iron hard metal + sleep deep slumber

    hard metal deep slumber

  • Ironmark

    Iron hard metal + mark boundary sign

    hard metal boundary sign

  • Ironfade

    Iron hard metal + fade dying away

    hard metal dying away

Nickname


People

Iron initial

  • Irontongue

    Iron hard metal + tongue speech

    hard metal speech

  • Ironarm

    Iron hard metal + arm jointed limb

    hard metal jointed limb

  • Ironear

    Iron hard metal + ear ear

    hard metal ear

Rap


Music

Iron initial

  • Iron Chrome

    Iron hard metal + chrome mirror plating

    hard metal mirror plating

  • Iron Skyline

    Iron hard metal + skyline sky outline

    hard metal sky outline

  • Iron District

    Iron hard metal + district bounded quarter

    hard metal bounded quarter

Rogue


Tabletop

Iron initial

  • Ironcreep

    Iron hard metal + creep slow crawl

    hard metal slow crawl

  • Irontongue

    Iron hard metal + tongue speech

    hard metal speech

  • Ironbolt

    Iron hard metal + bolt sliding bar

    hard metal sliding bar

Villain


People

Iron initial

  • Ironspire

    Iron hard metal + spire tapering shoot

    hard metal tapering shoot

  • Ironblade

    Iron hard metal + blade leaf edge

    hard metal leaf edge

  • Irongloam

    Iron hard metal + gloam twilight

    hard metal twilight

Werewolf


Creatures

Iron initial

  • Ironborn

    Iron hard metal + born born of

    hard metal born of

  • Ironbreath

    Iron hard metal + breath living air

    hard metal living air

  • Ironjaw

    Iron hard metal + jaw mouth bone

    hard metal mouth bone

Witch


People

Iron initial

  • Ironbarrow

    Iron hard metal + barrow grave hill

    hard metal grave hill

  • Ironwick

    Iron hard metal + wick burning thread

    hard metal burning thread

  • Ironfell

    Iron hard metal + fell rocky hill

    hard metal rocky hill

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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