running iron

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A branding iron which is not bent into the shape of the mark but rather requires the user to write the desired brand (and thus allows writing any brand).
    — So flagrantly did these gentlemen miswield the “running iron,” that several States eventually forbade its use by anybody, and everywhere its mere possession gave rise to suspicion.

词形变化

running irons plural
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