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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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