anvil
anvil is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. Specifically (Anat.), the incus. See Incus. To be on the anvil, to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. Swift.
- 2.To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- activity
- addle
- adventure
- alone
- apprentice
- battle
- begin
- beginning
- betake
- break
- broach
- business
- collapse
- compact
- complete
- contract
- determination
- devote
- down
- drawn
- drop
- embark
- emprise
- engage
- engagement
- enterprise
- execution
- fall
- fire
- first
- foot
- for
- forget
- forth
- forward
- game
- going
- halves
- hand
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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