hot iron

Smithy punctuated the term by plunging the hot iron into a bucket of water.

Until the practice was banned, convicted criminals were literally branded as criminals—they were burned with a hot iron, like cattle.

One of the filters used in these observations is tuned for light from hot iron gas, tracing the ionized metal’s distribution throughout the tendrils.

“Some flowers release the pigment better than others and there is some fading of pigments from flower to flower,” she adds, but a hot iron applied lightly over the top will lock in the color.

Typically pleats are set with a hot iron — which would burn duct tape.