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Definition of Anvils
1. anvil [v] - See also: anvil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anvils
Literary usage of Anvils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"anvils, hammer-stones, and stones for grinding were very abundant on the site under
... The anvils, or pitted stones, as they are more commonly called, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"... anvils, Hammers, and Drills. By H. STOPES. The author pointed out the great
importance of ascertaining the history of the development of tools, ..."
3. Irish Lyrics and Ballads by James Bernard Dollard (1917)
"THE SILVER anvils J. HERE was a rath I used to love, in Ireland long ago, An
ancient dun in which they dwelt — the Fairy Folk, you know. ..."
4. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"But at length his subjects, weary [of his cruelties], in arms around anvils.
They with vast force alternately lift their arms in equal time, ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"The face of hammers and anvils is ground after being hardened, but should never
he tempered." —Orr's Circle of llie Sciences. ..."
6. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"The face of hammers and anvils is ground after being hardened, but should never
be tempered." —Orr's Circle of the Sciences. HARDENING IRON AND STEEL. ..."
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