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bick-iron

American  
[bik-ahy-ern, bik-ern] / ˈbɪkˌaɪ ərn, ˈbɪk ərn /

noun

  1. the tapered end of an anvil.


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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