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 fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.
The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
A group of birds roosting together.
A tidal race.
A bedroom
The inner roof of a cottage.
to spend the night
To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest