osmund noun¹. ['ɒzmǝnd] ME.
[Anglo-Norman osmunde, Old & mod. French osmonde, of unkn. origin.]
Hist.
1. A type of high-quality iron formerly produced in the Baltic, and used for the manufacture of arrow-heads, fish-hooks, etc. Also osmund iron. ME.

2. A small bar or rod of osmund. LME.

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osmund noun². ['ɒsmǝnd, ɒz-] Now rare. LME.
[Anglo-Norman osmunde (Anglo-Latin osmunda), Old & mod. French osmonde: ult. origin unkn.]
More fully osmund royal. The royal fern, Osmunda regalis; formerly, any of various other ferns.

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