[f. prec. sb.]
1. trans. To fashion on the anvil; chiefly fig.
1607. Dekker, Wh. Babylon, F iij. Whilest our thunderbolts Are anuiling abroad.
c. 1700. Gentl. Instruc. (1732), 303. You are now anvilling out some petty Revenge.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), VIII. 267. A roguery … ready anvilled and hammered for execution.
2. intr. To work at an anvil.
1882. Manch. Guard., 7 June. Thomas anvilled away at burning horse-shoes.
