Definition of hammer

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Hammer (v. t.) To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.

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Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..
Shovelhead :: Shovelhead (n.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark..
Forge :: Forge (n.) To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal..
Forgeman :: Forgeman (n.) A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him..
Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal..
Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) The flicker.
Harpsichord :: Harpsichord (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano..
Forging :: Forging (n.) The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.
Harmonica :: Harmonica (n.) A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers..
Helve :: Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..
Patent-hammered :: Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..
Puddle-bar :: Puddle-bar (n.) An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..
Fuller :: Fuller (v. t.) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet..
Flint :: Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks..
Shammer :: Shammer (n.) One who shams; an impostor.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones..
Sinter :: Sinter (n.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals..
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