English Explanatory Dictionary

cold iron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of cold steel (“swords, knives, bladed weapons”).
  2. a (possibly fictional) substance harmful to fairies; depending on the story, ordinary iron or iron treated in some way
  3. A bad omen.

Word forms

cold iron
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