BICK-IRON


Meaning of BICK-IRON in English

/bik"uy'euhrn, bik"euhrn/ , n.

the tapered end of an anvil.

[ 1660-70; alter. (by assoc. with IRON) of earlier bickern for bycorne two-horned anvil bicornis two-horned (see BICORN); meaning perh. influenced by MF bigorne in same sense ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .