IRON-SICK Definition & Meaning

iron-sick

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[ ahy-ern-sik ]

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adjective

Nautical.

noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

iron sickness noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of iron-sick¹

First recorded in 1620–30

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That old ship of the faith was leaky and iron-sick, and down by the head and heel, as they say at sea.

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Hawke describes the Portland, a ship of which he was in command, as "iron-sick"; the wood was too rotten, that is, to hold the iron bolts, so that "not a man in the ship had a dry place to sleep in."

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