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Meanings of hot irons in English

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Usage of hot irons in English
1
His hands were on her, melting into her skin like hot irons.
Mine
2
The attendant was amongst the number, with the brazier and the hot irons.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 11
3
The post itself was burned in many places, as if by hot irons.
Rollo in Geneva
4
I have seen them shamefully beaten, and branded with hot irons.
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom / Or, The Escape of William...
5
Each had a flat brick blackened by hot irons near her.
L'Assommoir
6
All they go after with their hot irons and pincers is a confession.
To the blight: the eye of the world
7
That slaves are branded with hot irons, and very much scarred with the whip.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
8
If that will not move them, bring the hot irons.
Androcles and the Lion
9
When Hubert says he will burn out his eyes with hot irons, Arthur replies:
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
10
But I felt-afterwards- as ifIhadbeen burnt, seared by hot irons-ashamed-most cruelly ashamed.
The Obstacle Race
11
We'll be on the outside ready with hot irons in case anything goes wrong!
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
12
For a fourth offense, they were to have their tongues bored through with hot irons.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
13
Some had their ears cut off-others their tongues pierc'd with hot irons-others their faces branded.
Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
14
Not hot irons or the rack, but simple silence?
A feast for crows
15
Rather than let other people disfigure them with hot irons, they made the tradition their own.
The river kings' road
16
Burn it into the flesh with hot irons.
Comrades of the Saddle; Or, The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
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Hot irons through the time
Hot irons across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common