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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Anvil

/ăn'-vəl/ · An·vil · IPA /ˈæn.vəl/
01 n. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
  1. 1.
    An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
  2. 2.
    Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.(Anat.)
Phrases & compounds
To be on the anvil — to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured.
02 v. t. To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
  1. 1.
    To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.