meaning of anvil
1. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
2. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.
3. the incus. See Incus.
4. To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
5. a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
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