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n. (context figuratively English) firmness, inflexibility, sternness.
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"Iron Hand" is a song by the rock band Dire Straits released on their album On Every Street in 1991. The song also appeared on the compilation album Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin' in the same year of its release. It relates to the Battle of Orgreave during the UK miners' strike, with Mark Knopfler remarking on how the police charge on horseback into the crowd of striking miners had reminded him of the savagery of medieval times.
The title is most likely a reference to Margaret Thatcher's nickname, the "Iron Lady".
Iron Hand may refer to:
- "Iron Hand" (song), 1991 Dire Straits song
- Iron Hand, a crust punk band from Connecticut, USA
- Iron Palm, a body of training techniques in various Chinese martial arts
- Operation Iron Hand, a US military operation conducted during the Vietnam War
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Iron hand (prosthesis), a kind of prosthetic limb popular in Europe in the 15th-19th centuries
- Götz von Berlichingen (c. 1480–1562), German Imperial Knight and mercenary, possessed of one of the more famous iron hands.
Iron hands are metal prostheses for hands and upper extremities from the middle ages and early modern period. These designs combined cosmetic and functional properties. The most famous example of an iron hand was made around the year 1530, being the second prosthetic hand made for the German knight Götz von Berlichingen.
Most iron hands are based on the same constructive principles, although there are considerable differences in complexity. Fingers can be flexed passively (for example using the healthy hand) and are locked in place by a ratchet mechanism, similar to those of contemporary flintlocks. Extension of the fingers works by spring pressure.
Usage examples of "iron hand".
With iron hand and iron heel it mastered the surging millions, out of confusion brought order, out of the very chaos wrought its own foundation and structure.
I have been touched by it often enough to recognize its smell, but never have I felt the iron hand clamping down as it did now.
But not to Martha Sorensen, who ran the bookkeeping department with an iron hand.