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• Anvil — An anvil is a manufacturing tool, made of a hard and massive block of stone or metal used as a support for chiseling and hammering other objects, such as in forging iron and steel items. HistoryAnvils have been used since early Bronze Age times… …   Wikipedia

• anvil — /an vil/, n. 1. a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes. 2. anything having a similar form or use. 3. the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments …   Universalium

• Top-tool — ( t[=oo]l ), n. (Blacksmithing.) A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• anvil — noun Etymology: Middle English anfilt, from Old English; akin to Old High German anafalz anvil; akin to Latin pellere to beat more at felt Date: before 12th century 1. a heavy usually steel faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• anvil — The flat, spreading top of a Cb (cumulonimbus), often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles (or kilometers) downwind from the thunderstorm. Sometimes, they may spread upwind, and are called back sheared anvils.… …   Aviation dictionary

• Top Rope Promotions — Pwcompanybox name=Top Rope Promotions acronym=TRP established=1984 style=Professional wrestling location=New Bedford, Massachusetts (1996 2000) Fall River, Massachusetts (2000 present) founder= owner=Steve Ricard (2000 present) parent=Top Rope… …   Wikipedia

• anvil cloud — noun : the anvil shaped top of a cumulonimbus …   Useful english dictionary

• anvil dome — A large overshooting top or penetrating top on a thunderstorm …   Aviation dictionary

• anvil — n. 1 a block (usu. of iron) with a flat top, concave sides, and often a pointed end, on which metals are worked in forging. 2 Anat. a bone of the ear; the incus. Etymology: OE anfilte etc …   Useful english dictionary

• Overshooting top — An overshooting top protruding above the anvil at the top of a thunderstorm An overshooting top (or penetrating top) is a dome like protrusion that shoots out of the top of the anvil of a thunderstorm. When an overshooting top is present for 10… …   Wikipedia

• Diamond anvil cell — Schematics of the core of a diamond anvil cell. The diamond size is a few millimeters at most A diamond anvil cell (DAC) is a device used in scientific experiments. It allows compressing a small (sub millimeter sized) piece of material to extreme …   Wikipedia