English-Thai Dictionary

anvil

N กระดูก รูป ทั่ง ใน หู ชั้น กลาง  kra-duk-rub-thang-nai-hu-chan-klang

 

anvil

N ทั่ง  ทั่ง ตี เหล็ก  thang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANVIL

n.[The Latin word incus, incudis, is formed by a like analogy fromin and cudo, to hammer, or shape. ] An iron block with a smooth face, on which smiths hammer and shape their work.
Figuratively, any thing on which blows are laid.
To be on the anvil, is to be in a state of discussion, formation or preparation; as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. This figure bears an analogy to that is discussion, a shaking or beating.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANVIL

An "vil, n. Etym: [OE. anvelt, anfelt, anefelt, AS. anfilt, onfilt; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. anafalz, D. aanbeld.]

 

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. Specifically (Anat. ),

 

Defn: 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. Swift.

 

ANVIL

ANVIL An "vil, v. t.

 

Defn: To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. Beau. & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

anvil

an vil |ˈanvil ˈænˌvɪl | ▶noun a heavy steel or iron block with a flat top, concave sides, and typically a pointed end, on which metal can be hammered and shaped. • the horizontally extended upper part of a cumulonimbus cloud: [ as modifier ] : anvil clouds. • Anatomy another term for incus. ORIGIN Old English anfilte, from the Germanic base of on + a verbal stem meaning ‘beat. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

anvil

anvil |ˈanvɪl | ▶noun 1 a heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped. 2 the horizontally extended upper part of a cumulonimbus cloud. 3 Anatomy another term for incus. ORIGIN Old English anfilte, from the Germanic base of on + a verbal stem meaning ‘beat ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

anvil

an vil /ǽnvɪl /名詞 C 1 鉄床 （かなとこ ）.2 〘解剖 〙きぬた骨 (incus ) 〘耳小骨の1つ 〙.