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单词 iron-mark
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iron-markv.

Brit. /ˈʌɪənˌmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌmɑrk/
Forms: see iron n.1 and mark v.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.1, mark v.
Etymology: < iron n.1 + mark v.
In passive.
1. transitive. Of a person or animal: to be branded with a hot iron. Also with with or complement indicating the mark branded.
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1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) xii. 227 Theie weare ire-marckd with ann M and D.
1674 London Gaz. No. 896/4 Run away..a Blackamoor Man..Iron-marked in his Brest with the sign of a Greyhound.
1838 Sporting Mag. Jan. 237 The proprietor causes them to be iron-marked on the near flank.
1985 W. Ellis Lone Star & Calif. Oil War iv. 58 Unbranded calves were an even easier way to increase a herd, being impossible to challenge once they'd been iron-marked.
2009 Mozambique: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (Internat. Monetary Fund) 41 In the whole country 4,159,595 heads of cattle received a tick bath and 3488 heads were iron-marked ‘Made in Mozambique’.
2. transitive. Of a mark: to be branded on something with a hot iron. Obsolete. rare.
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1710 London Gaz. No. 4680/4 A dark Bay Gelding..with a T Iron-mark'd on the near Buttock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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