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• hot iron test — noun a supposed test for witchcraft in which a hot iron was applied to the skin (or the tongue) the skin of a witch would be unharmed …   Wiktionary

• hot iron ordeal — An ancient form of trial for crime …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Iron ore — Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the …   Wikipedia

• iron — [ī′ərn] n. [ME iren < OE (chiefly poetic & prob. dissimilated), var. of isern, isen akin to Goth eisarn) < Gmc * īsarna, akin to early Celt * isarno, prob. via Illyrian * eisarno < IE base * eis , to move vigorously; strong, holy (>… …   English World dictionary

• Iron Man (TV series) — Iron Man The title design for Season 1 of Iron Man. Format Animated Starring Robert …   Wikipedia

• hot-rod — also hot rod, 1945, Amer.Eng., from HOT (Cf. hot) + ROD (Cf. rod), apparently in a sense of hunk of metal (the cars also were called hot iron) …   Etymology dictionary

• iron — ironless, adj. ironlike, adj. /uy euhrn/, n. 1. Chem. a ductile, malleable, silver white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery,… …   Universalium

• iron — n pig iron, cast iron, wrought iron, steel. 2. flatiron, electric iron, steam iron, sadiron, mangle. 3. irons fetters, chains, shackles, gyves, bilboes, trammels; bonds, pinions; manacles, handcuffs, cuffs, Sl. bracelets, Brit. Sl. darbies;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• iron —    The power of iron to repel evil is very well attested in English folklore, and throughout Europe all sorts of domestic objects, and even lumps of scrap iron, were placed in homes, stables, and cowsheds as defences against *witchcraft and… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• iron ordeal — An ancient form of trial for crime wherein the prisoner was handed a hot iron which he carried in his hand for nine feet, whereupon his hand was bandaged and sealed to the iron and kept so for three nights. Then the bandages were removed. If the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• iron-on — adjective labels that you can stick to your clothes using a hot iron …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English