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| blacksmith |
a person who forges and shapes iron, using a hammer and anvil. [1/2 definitions] |
| drop hammer |
a powered machine consisting of an anvil, on which heated metal is held, and a heavy weight that is raised and then allowed to drop on the metal in order to shape it. |
| incus |
the small middle bone of the mammalian middle ear, shaped like an anvil. |
| swage |
a metal block with grooves or holes used to shape metal objects that are difficult to work on an anvil; swage block. [1/4 definitions] |
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