Definition of Branding iron

1. Noun. Implement used to brand live stock.

Exact synonyms: Iron
Generic synonyms: Implement

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

brand spore
brand stretch
brandable
brandade
brandades
brandalism
brandcasting
branded
brander
brandered
branders
brandholzite
brandied
brandies
branding
branding iron
branding irons
branding moment
branding moments
brandings
brandise
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brandishers
brandishes
brandishing
brandishings
brandisht

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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