ANVIL (from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is " welded " or " folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from " beat," and

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ANVIL (from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is " welded " or " folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from " beat," and the meaning is " that on which something is beaten "), a

mass

of iron on which material is supported while being shaped under the

hammer

HAMMER,
FRIEDRICH
- FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
JULIUS
- JULIUS
(1810-1862)

(see FORGING). The common blacksmith's anvil is made of wrought iron, often in America of cast iron, with a smooth working face of hardened steel. It has at one end a projecting. conical

beak

BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the
English
- ENGLISH
)

or bick for use in hammering curved pieces of metal; occasionally the other end is also provided with a bick, which is then partly rectangular in section. There is also a square hole in the face, into which tools, such as the anvil-cutter or chisel, can be dropped, cutting edge uppermost. For power hammers the anvil proper is supported on an anvil

block

which is of

great

GREAT

massiveness, sometimes weighing over 200 tons for a 12-ton

hammer

HAMMER,
FRIEDRICH
- FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
JULIUS
- JULIUS
(1810-1862)

, and this again rests on a strong

foundation

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

of timber and masonry or concrete. In anatomy the

term

TERM

anvil is applied to one of the bones of the middle ear, the incus, which is articulated with the malleus.

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