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running irons

running irons is the plural of running iron.

Meaning of running iron

Noun

running iron (plural running irons)

  1. A branding iron which is not bent into the shape of the mark but rather requires the user to write the desired brand (and thus allows writing any brand).
    • So flagrantly did these gentlemen miswield the “running iron,” that several States eventually forbade its use by anybody, and everywhere its mere possession gave rise to suspicion.2007, Philip Ashton Rollins, The Cowboy, page 183

Questions about running irons

What is running irons the plural of?
Running irons is the plural of running iron.

Words near running irons in the dictionary

  1. running into
  2. running into a brick wall
  3. running into one
  4. running into the ground
  5. running iron
  6. running irons
  7. running it up
  8. running joke
  9. running jokes
  10. running knot
  11. running knots

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