an-vil

[an-vil]
-noun

  1. a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
  2. the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments.
  3. the basis of all modern technology, a thing so sublime in its conception that in thousands of years it has not changed in any significant way.
  4. the focus of a strange fascination for Jason Landry, a Dallas, Texas-based graphic designer and artist specializing in web design, interactive design, as well as traditional marketing and advertising collateral.
  5. a weapon in the hands of a Looney Tune.