Anvil
['ænvɪl]
Definition
(noun.) a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
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Definition
(n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
(n.) Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.
(n.) the incus. See Incus.
(v. t.) To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
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Definition
n. an iron block on which smiths hammer metal into shape.—On or Upon the anvil in preparation under discussion.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see hot iron with sparks flying, is significant of a pleasing work; to the farmer, an abundant crop; favorable indeed to women. Cold, or small, favors may be expected from those in power. The means of success is in your power, but in order to obtain it you will have to labor under difficulty. If the anvil is broken, it foretells that you have, through your own neglect, thrown away promising opportunities that cannot be recalled.
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Examples
- Each one of these is now cut into 150 pieces, each of which is beaten on an anvil till it is about an inch square. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The blanks, as the steel before it has teeth is called, are laid on the anvil and struck with the chisel, which rests obliquely on the blank, each blow raising a ridge or tooth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For example, an anvil grows hot under the hammer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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