burn+with+a+hot+iron

  • 61brand — [OE] A brand was originally a ‘piece of burning wood’; the word comes from West and North Germanic *brandaz, a derivative of the same base (*bran , *bren ) as produced burn, brandy, and perhaps broil. In the 16th century it came to be applied to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 62brand — [OE] A brand was originally a ‘piece of burning wood’; the word comes from West and North Germanic *brandaz, a derivative of the same base (*bran , *bren ) as produced burn, brandy, and perhaps broil. In the 16th century it came to be applied to… …

    Word origins

  • 63cauterize — [kôt′ər īz΄] vt. cauterized, cauterizing [ME cauterizen < LL cauterizare < Gr kautēriazein < kautērion, kautēr, burning or branding iron < kaiein, to burn] to burn with a hot needle, a laser, a caustic substance, or an electric… …

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  • 64sear — sear1 [sir] adj. [ME seer < OE sear, dry < IE base * saus > Sans s̍úṣyati, (he) dries, withers, L sudus, dry] alt. sp. of SERE2 vt. [ME seeren < OE searian < the adj.] 1. to dry up; wither 2 …

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  • 65kaumographer — kȯˈmägrəfə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Greek kauma burning heat (from kaiein to burn) + English o + grapher more at caustic : a worker who transfers designs, trademarks, or other printed material to cloth articles with a hot iron …

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  • 66Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …

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  • 67Early thermal weapons — were devices or substances used in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approx 8th century BC until the mid 16th century AD) which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories.… …

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  • 68steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …

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  • 69Thermite — is a pyrotechnic composition of aluminium powder and a metal oxide which produces an aluminothermic reaction known as a thermite reaction. It is not explosive, but can create short bursts of extremely high temperatures focused on a very small… …

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  • 70Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics       Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity.       Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …

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