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Definition anvil

Etymology

From Middle English anfilt, anvelt, anfelt, from late Old English anfilt, anfilte, anfealt, from earlier onfilti (“anvil”), from Proto-Germanic *anafeltaz (compare Middle Dutch anvilte, Low German Anfilts, Anefilt, Old High German anafalz), compound of *ana (“on”) + *feltaz (“beaten”) (compare German falzen (“to groove, fold, welt”), Swedish dialectal filta (“to beat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-t- (“shaken, beaten”) (compare Old Irish lethar (“leather”), Latin pell? (“to beat, strike”), Ancient Greek ????? (páll?, “to toss, brandish”)), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *pelh?- (“to stir, move”). More at felon.

Noun

anvil (plural anvils)

  1. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
  2. (anatomy) An incus bone in the middle ear.
  3. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
  4. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.

Verb

anvil (third-person singular simple present anvils, present participle anvilling, simple past and past participle anvilled)

  1. To fashion on an anvil (often used figuratively).

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ALEVIN 12
ALVINE 12
ANVILS 12
FLAVIN 15
LAVING 14
SILVAN 12
VAINLY 14
VALINE 12
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VENIAL 12
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NIVAL 11
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VAN 8
VIA 7
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