OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22209

anvil

/ˈæn.vəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bigornia • tas • yunque
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor’s news […]
My heart is as an anvil unto sorrow, Which beats upon it like the Cyclops’ hammers […]
yunque
The incus bone in the middle ear.
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