Meaning Anvil
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The incus.
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The flat, spreading top of a cumulonimbus cloud, often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind.
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Old English anfilt, a Proto-Germanic compound (cognates: Middle Dutch anvilt, Old High German anafalz, Dutch aanbeeld, Danish ambolt "anvil") from *ana- "on" + *filtan "hit&qu [..]
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Anvil [N]the rendering of the Hebrew word , "beaten," found only in Isaiah 41:7 .
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A project that ports the shell script-based project named DevStack to Python.
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iron block on which metals are worked. Block, forge, plate, support, hollow.
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an iron block on which pieces of metal can be hammered into shape
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A heavy steal or iron block, on which metal can be hammered and shaped.
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the rendering of the Hebrew word , "beaten," found only in Isa. 41:7.
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An internal metal component in a cartridge primer assembly against which the priming mixture is pinched by the firing-pin blow. See Primer.
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To see hot iron with sparks flying, is significant of a pleasing work; to the farmer, an abundant crop; favorable indeed to women. Cold, or small, favors may be expected from those in power. The means of success is in your power, but in order to obtain it you will have to labor under difficulty. If the anvil is broken, it foretells that you have, t [..]
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The press plate against which the die cuts.
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A heavy iron or steel block upon which metal is forged or hammered-. also the fixed jaw on a micrometer against which parts are measured.
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(n) a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering(n) the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
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See ossicles.
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It is on the anvil, under deliberation; the project is in hand. Of course, the reference is to a smithy.
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The piece of steel protruding from the bottom of a cylinder musical box comb tooth which holds the damper pin and damper in place.
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Tool which is counterposed to the sonotrode. It can have different designs, according to the application.
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A small metal block, inside a Boxer primer, against which the blow of the firing pin causes the priming compound to be pinched sharply---and thus detonated. In the Berdan system, the anvil is built in [..]
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The flat, spreading top of a Cumulonimbus Cloud (Cb). Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind. See Back-Sheared Anvil.
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a supplementary cloud
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1. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped. 2. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. <anatomy> Specifically, 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. Origin: OE. Anvelt, anfel [..]
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Operational code name for the Allied invasion of the South of France, August 1944.
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The top flatter parts of rain or storm bearing clouds. Anvil crawler: A lightning discharge occurring within the anvil of a thunderstorm, characterized by one or more channels that appear to crawl alo [..]
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The flat, spreading top of a cumulonimbus cloud, often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind.
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Also called the incus. The bone of the middle ear that is attached to the malleus (hammer) and the stapes (stirrup).
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The flat, spreading top of a Cb (cumulonimbus) often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of kilometres downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind (see back sheared anvil).
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The flat, spreading top of a Cb (cumulonimbus), often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind.
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A rock that was used as a level base for chipping other stone into tools, blades or projectile points. Typically part of a flint knapper's toolkit.
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The upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud that becomes flat and spread-out, sometimes for hundreds of miles downstream from the parent cloud. It may look smooth or fibrous, but in shape, it resembles a blacksmith's anvil. It indicates the mature or decaying stage of a thunderstorm.
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The flat, spreading top of a Cb (cumulonimbus), often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind (bac [..]
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The upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud that becomes flat and spread-out, sometimes for hundreds of miles downstream from the parent cloud. It may look smooth or fibrous, but in shape, it resembles a blacksmith's anvil. It indicates the mature or decaying stage of a thunderstorm. ANVIL CRAWLER
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The upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud that becomes flat and spread-out, sometimes they can spread for hundreds of miles downstream from the parent cloud and sometimes may they may spread upwind (b [..]
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The upper portion of a cumulonimbus
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The wickedly cool looking head of a thunderstorm that spreads out for miles once it hits stable air above and can rise no further. Has the shape of an anvil, the thing Coyote was always trying to drop on Roadrunner
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The flat, spreading top of a cumulonimbus cloud, often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind.
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The upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud that becomes flat and spread-out, sometimes for hundreds of miles downstream from the parent cloud. It may look smooth or fibrous, but in shape, it resembles a blacksmith’s anvil. It indicates the mature or decaying stage of a thunderstorm.
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A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. * '''1794,''' , '''', lines 15-16 (for syntax) *: What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare [..]
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