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cold iron

noun

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cold steel (“swords, knives, bladed weapons”).

    • This scene passed in presence of Lieutenant Lismahago, who encouraged Clinker to hazard a thrust of cold iron with his antagonist.
    • 'Gold is for the mistress — silver for the maid — / Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.' / 'Good!' said the Baron, sitting in his hall, / 'But Iron — Cold Iron — is master of them all.'

  2. a (possibly fictional) substance harmful to fairies

    a (possibly fictional) substance harmful to fairies; depending on the story, ordinary iron or iron treated in some way

  3. A bad omen.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cold iron. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA