单词 | anvil stock |
释义 | > as lemmasanvil stock anvil stock n. now rare (chiefly historical in later use) a block, typically of wood, placed beneath an anvil to support it and absorb vibration; (also later) the anvil of a power hammer; cf. anvil block n. ΚΠ 1391 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 2/1 Anevelstok. 1399 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Wills Court of Husting (1890) II. 340 [Two best] belyes [and two] anfelstokkes. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. at Enclume Souche d'enclume, le bois qui porte l'enclume, the anvil stock. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. l. 506 He [sc. Vulcan] spake, and..Rose limping from beside his anvil-stock. 1854 Repertory Patent Inventions 24 494 The side standards for carrying the cylinder..can be placed in any position so as to allow of clear access to the anvil-stock. 1928 E. B. Morse Markets for Hand Tools in Continental Europe 8 (table) Anvils, two-beaked anvils, anvil stocks, and bosses. 1963 U.S. Patent 3,111,730 2 The jolting piston..is allowed to fall back simultaneously as the anvil stock is allowed to move upwards. 1973 J. Lofthouse Lancs. Villages i. 22 In 1952..the oldest natives..told me..of the old smithy with its anvil stock made from an oak tree stump around which its walls had been built. < as lemmas |
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