bick-iron
American
[bik-ahy-ern, bik-ern]
/ ˈbɪkˌaɪ ərn, ˈbɪk ərn /
noun
Etymology
Origin of bick-iron
1660–70; alteration (by association with iron ) of earlier bickern for bycorne two-horned anvil < Latin bicornis two-horned ( see bicorn); meaning perhaps influenced by Middle French bigorne in same sense
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