- high-wrought
- adjective Date: circa 1580 extremely agitated
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High-wrought — a. 1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. A high wrought flood. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
high-wrought — high′ wrought′ adj. highly agitated; overwrought • Etymology: 1595–1605 … From formal English to slang
high-wrought — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : wrought with fine art or skill : elaborate the recipient of these high wrought epistles Times Literary Supplement 2. : worked up or agitated to a high degree a high wrought passion … Useful english dictionary
high-wrought — a. 1. Impetuous, vehement, intense, swelling high, rising high. 2. Enthusiastic, impassioned. 3. Highly finished, finely elaborated, delicately and intricately wrought … New dictionary of synonyms
high-wrought — /huy rawt /, adj. highly agitated; overwrought. [1595 1605] * * * … Universalium
Wrought iron — is commercially pure iron. In contrast to steel, it has a very low carbon content. It is a fibrous material due to the slag inclusions (a normal constituent). This is also what gives it a grain resembling wood, which is visible when it is etched… … Wikipedia
wrought iron — wrought iron, adj. a form of iron, almost entirely free of carbon and having a fibrous structure including a uniformly distributed slag content, that is readily forged and welded. [1670 80] * * * One of the two forms in which iron is obtained by… … Universalium
High Level Bridge — Infobox Bridge bridge name = High Level Bridge caption = A Class 156 DMU crossing the bridge, which is clad whilst being restored official name = locale = Newcastle Gateshead, England carries = Motor vehicle Locomotives Pedestrians crosses =… … Wikipedia
Wrought iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrought iron — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen, [=i]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [=i]sarn, OHG. [=i]sarn, [=i]san, G. eisen, Icel. [=i]sarn, j[=a]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
