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Webster 1913 Edition


Ancony

An′co-ny

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Noun.
[Origin unknown.]
(Iron Work)
A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ancony

AN'CONY

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Noun.
[Probably from Gr., the cubit, from its resemblance to the arm.]
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.

Definition 2024


ancony

ancony

English

Noun

ancony (plural anconies)

  1. A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.

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