Anvil vs. Stiddy

Anvilnoun

A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

Anvilnoun

(skeleton) An incus bone in the middle ear.

Anvilnoun

A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.

Anvilnoun

Part of a micrometer.

Anvilverb

To fashion on an anvil (often used figuratively).

Anvilnoun

An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.

Anvilnoun

Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.

Anvilverb

To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.

Anvilnoun

a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

Anvilnoun

the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

Anvilnoun

a heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped.

Anvilnoun

the horizontally extended upper part of a cumulonimbus cloud

Anvilnoun

another term for incus

Anvil

An anvil is a metalworking tool (often referred to as a doink) consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or ). Anvils are as massive as is practical, because the higher their inertia, the more efficiently they cause the energy of striking tools to be transferred to the work piece.

Stiddynoun

An anvil

Stiddynoun

A blacksmith's shop; a stithy.

Stiddynoun

An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy.