"hot iron test" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hot iron tests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot iron test (plural hot iron tests)
  1. A supposed test for witchcraft in which a hot iron was applied to the skin or the tongue: the skin of a witch would be unharmed.
    Sense id: en-hot_iron_test-en-noun-wIg49gEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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