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Definition of Branding iron
1. Noun. Implement used to brand live stock.
Definition of Branding iron
1. Noun. A piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape, heated and used to brand livestock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Branding Iron
Literary usage of Branding iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cosmographiæ Introductio of Martin Waldseemüller in Facsimile: Followed by Martin Waldseemüller (1908)
"The part th a saffron-colored cross joined to a branding iron, which is the :hia
this side of the ..."
2. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"... cloth badge of shame, as for example in the scarlet letter "A'' for adultery,
instead of the red-hot branding-iron on the human flesh. ..."
3. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1914)
"Time honored uses of the branding iron are passing ; at least it no longer ...
But as a branding iron is still of such consequence that its mark must be ..."
4. The Protestant "Reformation," Part Second: Containing a List of the Abbeys ...by William Cobbett by William Cobbett (1827)
"... branding, iron-collaring, shooting, and hanging, got a provision, such as it
was, in the poor-rates ; but, obsen'e. the public got no compensation for ..."
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