Definition of hammer

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

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Peen :: Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge..
Forge :: Forge (n.) A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy..
Successive :: Successive (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..
Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A stone mason's hammer.
Claw :: Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..
Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..
Hammer-dressed :: Hammer-dressed (a.) Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.
Harmonica :: Harmonica (n.) A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers..
Hammered :: Hammered (imp. & p. p.) of Hamme.
Ninnyhammer :: Ninnyhammer (n.) A simpleton; a silly person.
Malleus :: Malleus (n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp..
Trip Hammer :: Trip hammer () A tilt hammer.
Loop :: Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
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..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working..
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