† ˈanconyn.
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1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 128 After two or three heats and working they bring it to an ancony, the figure whereof is in the middle a barr about 3 feet long of that shape they intend the whole barr to be made of it.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Ancony, a bloom wrought into the figure of a flat iron bar..with two square rough knobs, one at each end.
1784 H. Cort Specif. Patent in Repertory of Arts (1795) 3 365 Draw them under the forge-hammer..into anconies.
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