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Definition: ANCONY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ancony" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Ancony \An"co*ny\, noun. [Origin unknown.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANCONY

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] In iron works, a piece of half wrought iron, in the shape of a bar in the middle, but rude and unwrought at the ends. A piece of cast iron is melted off and hammered at a forge, into a mass of two feet long and square, which is called a bloom; then, carried to a finery, and worked into an ancony; it is then sent to a chafery, where the ends are wrought into the shape of the middle, and whole is made into a bar. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Extended Definition: ANCONY


Ancony

An ancony, in iron forging, is a piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough knob, unwrought, on each end.


This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.


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Translations: ANCONY

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Japanese 肘だ (anconal, Ancony). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Ancony. (volunteer & more translations)
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