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ancony

ancony noun: 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.

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.

Forms of ancony

pluralanconies

Origin of ancony

Unknown. Compare French encrenée (“iron twice heated and hammered”).

Questions about ancony

What does ancony mean?
Ancony means 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.
What part of speech is ancony?
Ancony is a noun.
What is the plural of ancony?
The plural of ancony is anconies.

Words near ancony in the dictionary

  1. anconies
  2. Anconitan
  3. Anconitans
  4. anconoid
  5. ancons
  6. ancony
  7. ancora
  8. ancoral
  9. ancorinid
  10. ancorinids
  11. ancorinoside

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