A heated iron bar or other iron object used in a trial by ordeal (see ordeal, n. 1). Also as a mass noun: the ordeal itself; such bars or objects…
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释义 | society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by ordeal > types of > equipment used in (3) ironOE A heated iron bar or other iron object used in a trial by ordeal (see ordeal, n. 1). Also as a mass noun: the ordeal itself; such bars or objects… poison-nut1794 (a) the tree nux vomica of southern Asia, Strychnos nux-vomica; (also) the highly poisonous seed of this tree; †(b) (the seeds of) any of several… ordeal bean1861 the seed of the Calabar bean, Physostigma venenosum, used as an ordeal poison; (also) the plant itself. |
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