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Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..

Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.

Malleus :: Malleus (n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.

Gold-beating :: Gold-beating (n.) The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer..

Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..

Bell-faced :: Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.

Raising :: Raising (n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning..

Hewn :: Hewn (a.) Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone..

Pane :: Pane (n.) The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions..

Drop :: Drop (n.) A drop press or drop hammer.

Pianoforte :: Pianoforte (a.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys..

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones..

Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron..

Cabbling :: Cabbling (n.) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron..

Sear :: Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Hammerkop :: Hammerkop (n.) A bird of the Heron family; the umber.

Harmonica :: Harmonica (n.) A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers..

Forging :: Forging (n.) The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

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