To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.
A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.
The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
The incus bone in the middle ear.
To serve as an example for.
To apply a pattern.
To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
To fit into a pattern.
To follow an example.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
A representative example.
A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
A design pattern.