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This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[AS. on; and fyllan, to strike.] An iron block, usually with a steel face and a pointed end, upon which metals are hammered and shaped. Anvils are of various sizes, from the small steel ones used by goldsmiths to the immense cast-iron ones used under steam-hammers.
ANVIL AND HAMMER
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