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ˈæn vɪlanvil

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anvilnoun

    a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

  2. incus, anvilnoun

    the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

Wiktionary

  1. anvilnoun

    A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

  2. anvilnoun

    An incus bone in the inner ear.

  3. Etymology: anfilt, anvelt, from late anfilte, anfealt, from earlier onfilti, from anafeltaz (compare Middle Dutch anvilte, Low German,, Old High German anafalz), compound of ‘on’ + (compare German falzen, dialect filta ‘to beat'), from pelhₐ-t- ‘shaken, beaten’ (compare Irish lethar, pulto, pulso, ‘to toss, brandish’), enlargement of - ‘to stir, move’. More at felon.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Anvilnoun

    Etymology: ænfille, Sax.

    I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,
    The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. William Shakespeare, King John.

    On their eternal anvils here he found
    The brethren beating, and the blows go round. Dryden.

    Here I clip
    The anvil of my sword, and do contest
    Hotly and nobly. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    Several members of our house knowing, some time ago, what was upon the anvil, went to the clergy, and desired their judgment. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. Anvil

    An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked"). Anvils are as massive as practical, because the higher their inertia, the more efficiently they cause the energy of striking tools to be transferred to the work piece. In most cases the anvil is used as a forging tool. Before the advent of modern welding technology, it was the primary tool of metal workers.The great majority of modern anvils are made of cast steel that has been heat treated by either flame or electric induction. Inexpensive anvils have been made of cast iron and low quality steel, but are considered unsuitable for serious use as they deform and lack rebound when struck.

ChatGPT

  1. anvil

    An anvil is a heavy iron or metal block used in blacksmithing and metalworking, on which heated materials such as iron or steel are hammered and shaped. It usually contains a flat top surface and a pointed end, often called the horn or beak, used for bending and shaping metal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anvilnoun

    an iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped

  2. Anvilnoun

    anything resembling an anvil in shape or use

  3. Anvilnoun

    the incus. See Incus

  4. Anvilverb

    to form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor

  5. Etymology: [OE. anvelt, anfelt, anefelt, AS. anfilt, onfilt; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. anafalz, D. aanbeld.]

Wikidata

  1. Anvil

    An anvil is a basic tool, a block with a hard surface on which another object is struck. The block is as massive as is practical, because the higher the inertia of the anvil, the more efficiently it causes the energy of the striking tool to be transferred to the work piece. In most cases the anvil is used as a forging tool. Before the advent of modern welding technology, it was a primary tool of metal workers. The great majority of modern anvils are made from steel, though other types exist. Because anvils are very ancient tools and were at one time very commonplace, they have acquired symbolic meaning beyond their use as utilitarian objects. The principle of the anvil also is of particular interest in biology and in ethology; the anvil being in principle one of the most basic forms of tool, its application occurs particularly widely in living organisms.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Anvil

    an′vil, n. an iron block on which smiths hammer metal into shape.—On or Upon the anvil, in preparation, under discussion. [A.S. anfilte, on filte; on, on, and a supposed filtan, to weld, appearing also in Felt.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Anvil

    An intermittent contact, or "make and break" of the current is sometimes produced by directly pressing a key down upon a metallic surface, the two being terminals of the circuit. The surface or stud on which such pressure is produced is called the anvil. The ordinary telegraph key, which makes a contact by the pressure of the operator's fingers does it by making a contact between a contact piece upon the front end of the key and the anvil. In the induction coil the anvil is also found. Thus in the cut representing the end of an induction coil and its circuit breaker in which O and O' and P and P' represent the secondary circuit terminal connections A is the core of soft iron wires, h is the anvil; the hammer when resting upon it so as to be in contact closes the circuit. When the current coming from the primary to the post i, passes through the hammer and anvil h, and emerges by m, it magnetizes the core; this attracts the hammer, which is made of or is armed with a mass of iron. This breaks the circuit. The hammer falls at once on the anvil, again making the circuit, and the action is repeated with great rapidity. Hammer and anvil or key and anvil connections should be made of platinum. Fig. 17. INDUCTION COIL CIRCUIT BREAKER.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. anvil

    The massive block of iron on which armourers hammer forge-work. It is also an archaism for the handle or hilt of a sword: thus Coriolanus-- "Here I clip The anvil of my sword." It is moreover a little narrow flag at the end of a lance.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. anvil

    An archaism for the handle or hilt of a sword. Also, a little narrow flag at the end of a lance.

  2. anvil

    The resisting cone, plate, or bar against which the fulminate in a metallic cartridge is exploded. See Primer.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Anvil in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Anvil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Anvil in a Sentence

  1. Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time:

    Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

  2. Marsha Trattner:

    When I am at my anvil, it is exactly where I want to be.

  3. Romanian Proverb:

    The anvil fears no blows.

  4. Bruce Haynes of Purple Strategies:

    Both Cruz and Clinton have financial relationships with Goldman Sachs in common, and both of their top competitors -- Trump and Sanders -- are trying to brand their opponents as elite and establishment, goldman Sachs has become the anvil that both the Trump and Sanders campaigns want to smash Cruz and Clinton's reputations for independence upon.

  5. Charles R. Swindoll:

    A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

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