单词 | iron-mark |
释义 | iron-markv. 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. ΚΠ 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’. ΚΠ 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). < v.1616 |
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