A branding iron is a tool which uses the process of pressing a heated metal shape against an object or livestock with the intention of leaving a mark.
Branding irons are used in many different ways, from the branding of livestock to prove ownership to the branding of woodcrafts to prove craftsmanship.
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Famous quotes containing the word iron:
“Summer involves going down as a steep flight of steps
To a narrow ledge over the water. Is this it, then,
This iron comfort, these reasonable taboos,
Or did you mean it when you stopped? And the face
Resembles yours, the one reflected in the water.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)