A block used by smiths for shaping hot metals.

Popular term for incus. See anvil cloud.

A heavy block of steel on which metals may be hammered, shaped, or forged.

A heavy object that is used as a surface to rest metal on while the metal is hit or forged into another shape.

One of three tiny bones in the middle ear that helps transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea. see also hammer, stirrup

Anglo-Saxon anfilt; from an, on, and fealdan, to fold]: (1.) A block of steel against which metals are hammered. The London pattern anvil, which began it's evolution in the 13th century, has been the trademark of farriers and blacksmiths for three centuries. Shop anvils commonly weighed hundreds of pounds, with the largest known being 1400 pounds. Modern farrier anvils often have special features and usually weigh between 50 and 150 pounds. (2.) In human anatomy, the middle bone {incus} in the ear. Anvil shooting: (1.) A recreational practice in which an explosive charge is placed between two anvils and ignited, launching the top anvil as much as 100 feet into the air. a.k.a: Blowing the anvil (2.) Hammering a white-hot piece of iron against a wet anvil. This produces a pistol-shot like sound.

One of the three bones of the middle ear that helps transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea. It is also called the Incus.

the middle bone of the chain of three small bones in a mammal's middle ear

A heavy iron or steel block upon which metal is forged or hammered-. also the fixed jaw on a micrometer against which parts are measured. Search for metal working books on Amazon.co.uk

Object which supports a stone artefact being struck with a hammer.

another name for the incus bone.

one of three bones of hearing in the middle ear that help transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea. Also called incus.

This is the second of three minute bones in the middle ear collectively called the Ossicles. (See also Middle Ear and Ossicles).

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

the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

a block used by metal smiths

a foundation on which a blacksmith takes iron stuff, red hot, and bangs it hard into tools

a heavy block of iron or hard steel that can withstand the heavy blows of the blacksmiths hammer as well as sledge hammers

a heavy block of steel or iron on which metal is shaped or forged (formed by heating and hammering)

A portable flat stone, usually a river pebble, which has been used as a base for working stone. Anvils that have been used frequently have a small circular depression in the centre where cores were held while being struck. An anvil is often a multifunctional tool used also as a grindstone and hammer stone.

a farrier's tool: heavy iron or steel base for shaping horse shoes

The block of metal or wood used to hold the lower (obverse) die during striking.

a large steel block often with a round horn and possibly a square horn on which a blacksmith hammers metal; usually has a large square hole (hardie hole) which can hold several different tools and a smaller round hole (pritchel hole)

Used in coordination with a hammer, the anvil is a smooth surface on which metal and wire are shaped against.

An anvil is a block of material, usually iron, on which metal is worked.

One of three bones within the middle ear. These three bones transmit sound from the ear drum to the cochlea.

A flat-topped block, usually of iron, on which metals are worked in forging.

Iron or steel block on which metal objects are hammered into shape. Tapered on one end to a near point, it is rounded to provide a shaping surface with a flat top.

Anvil is a Canadian Heavy Metal band.

The top flatter parts of rain or storm bearing clouds.

A fan of ice clouds (cirrus) at the top of a thunderstorm cloud (cumulonimbus).

A flat, elongated cloud formation at the top of a thunderstorm.

The spreading of the upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud into an anvil-shaped plume usually of fibrous or smooth appearance. Strong or severe thunderstorms often have thicker anvils with the side and bottom having a cumuliform or slowly boiling appearance in the immediate vicinity of the parent cumulonimbus.

a supplementary cloud feature viewed as the spreading of the upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud; thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the storm's updraft

The flat, spreading top of a Cb (cumulonimbus), often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind (see back-sheared anvil).

The upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud that becomes flat and spread-out, sometimes for hundreds of miles downstream from the parent cloud. It may look smooth or fibrous, but in shape, it resembles a blacksmith's anvil. It indicates the mature or decaying stage of a thunderstorm.

hard surface used to shape horseshoes or pound rivets.

A portion of the primer pocket or primer which provides resistance to the crushing action of the firing pin which causes the printing mixture to detonate.

Fixed metal point against which the firing pin or striker compresses the primer mixture to cause an explosion. In the Berdan primer the anvil occurs in the head of the cartridge case, forming a projection in the centre of the primer pocket. In the Boxer primer the anvil occurs as a small arbor of metal rigidly fixed over the explosive pellet across the primer cup. In rim fire cartridges the anvil is formed by either the rear face of the barrel or cylinder serving as a resting place for the rim of the cartridge.

A hardened steel roll upon which the bearers of a rotary die cutter ride providing the hardened surface to support the die cutting.