Definitions
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
Used in a sentence
“My heart is as an anvil unto sorrow, Which beats upon it like the Cyclops’ hammers […]”
“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 […]”
“1794, William Blake, “The Tyger,” lines 15-16, What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Forge block”5 letters
02“Incus”5 letters
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