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Definition of Anvil
Anvil

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

Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use.

the incus. See Incus.

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

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Anvil Quotations

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
Aeschylus

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
Henry Ward Beecher

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.
Edwin Markham

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
Emily Dickinson

Anvil Translations

anvil in Afrikaans is aambeeld
anvil in Danish is ambolt
anvil in Dutch is aambeeld, aanbeeld
anvil in French is enclume
anvil in Norwegian is ambolt
anvil in Portuguese is batente
anvil in Spanish is yunque

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