See also:

• ANVIL (from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is " welded " or " folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from " beat," and

ANVIL (from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is " welded " or " folded," cf. See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German falzen, to See also:

• FOLD

fold, or connected with other See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case the final syllable is from " See also:

• BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat," and  the meaning is " that on which something is beaten "), a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron on which material is supported while being shaped under the See also:

• HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

hammer (see See also:

• FORGING

FORGING) . The See also:

• COMMON

common blacksmith's See also:

• ANVIL (from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is " welded " or " folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from " beat," and

anvil is made of wrought iron, often in See also:

• AMERICA

America of See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast iron, with a smooth working See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of hardened See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel . It has at one end a projecting. conical See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak or bick for use in hammering curved pieces of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal; occasionally the other end is also provided with a bick, which is then partly rectangular in See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section . There is also a square hole in the face, into which tools, such as the anvil-cutter or See also:

• CHISEL (from the O. Fr. cisel, modern ciseau, Late Lat. cisellum, a cutting tool, from caedere, to cut)

chisel, can be dropped, cutting edge uppermost . For See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power hammers the anvil proper is supported on an anvil See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block which is of See also:

• GREAT

great massiveness, sometimes weighing over 200 tons for a 12-ton hammer, and this again rests on a strong See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of See also:

• TIMBER

timber and See also:

• MASONRY

masonry or See also:

• CONCRETE
• CONCRETE (Lat. concretes, participle of concrescere, to grow together)

concrete . In See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy the See also:

• TERM

term anvil is applied to one of the bones of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear, the incus, which is articulated with the malleus .