jan 1, 1490 - ironware
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A term for a variety of smaller items made of iron. 1490 <i>aliquod opus ferreum vocatum ironware</i>, York (SS120/201). The OED has examples of ‘ironmongery’ which has much the same meaning from 1711 but it occurs alongside ‘ironware’ in York: 1490 <i>in arte irenmangarie</i> (SS120/201-3).
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