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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Making-iron

· Mak·ing-i·ron · IPA
01 n. A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
  1. 1.
    A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.