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covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated; very rigid or exacting; inflexible; unbreakable; wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating; iron-plated, as a ship; very rigid or exacting

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  • We refer to the matter of iron-clad vessels of war.
  • No iron-clad rules can be laid down as to the frequency.
  • Of the iron-clad river steamers, we enumerate the following:
  • But those guarantees are hardly iron-clad and might even be empty.
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