“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
¶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.
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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