anvil
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vɪl
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a heavy iron or steel block on which metals are hammered during forging |
| 2. | any part having a similar shape or function, such as the lower part of a telegraph key |
| 3. | the fixed jaw of a measurement device against which the piece to be measured is held |
| 4. | anatomy the nontechnical name for incus |
| [Old English anfealt; related to Old High German anafalz, Middle Dutch anvilte; see | |
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Word Origin & History
anvil
O.E. anfilte, a W.Gmc. compound (cf. M.Du. anvilt, O.H.G. anafalz, Dan. ambolt) from *ana- "on" + *filtan "hit" (see felt (n.)). Anvil Chorus is based on the "Gypsy Song" that opens Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," first performed in Teatro Apollo, Rome, Jan. 19, 1853.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
anvil an·vil (ān'vĭl)
n.
See incus.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Anvil definition
the rendering of the Hebrew word , "beaten," found only in Isa. 41:7.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
He imagined her little anvil-shaped head hooked in the fence.
Anvil is a synthetic compound that resembles a naturally occurring insecticide found in chrysanthemums.
The anvil is simply a hardwood surface that supports the piece as you hammer it.
It shows, you know, an abdication of our responsibility to want to push the anvil upon science.
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