Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An iron that is heated and used for indicating identity or ownership.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape, heated and used to brand livestock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- An iron to brand with.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as brand-iron, 3.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. implement used to brand live stock
Etymologies
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Examples
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Among other things Ribas found a branding iron in the shape of a P, with which Rosete had intended to mark the foreheads of the patriots and those of their children.
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There on the flesh of the forearm was a circle with a triangle within it, deep and red, as the branding iron had left it.
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"Take them away," Bautista commanded as he tossed the branding iron into the fireplace, then turned and stared defiantly at Sharpe.
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He would follow me, get the branding iron from the wool-shed, apply the proved method, and send me down-country with the crutchings.
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