beak|i|ron

beak|i|ron
beak|i|ron «BEEK Y uhrn», noun.
1. the horn or tapering end of an anvil.
2. an anvil with such a horn.
[earlier bickern < French bigorne < Latin bicornis two-horned < bi- two + cornū horn]

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