Definition of hammer

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Hammer (v. t.) To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.

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Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A flat-faced fulling hammer.
Hammering :: Hammering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hamme.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary..
Shammer :: Shammer (n.) One who shams; an impostor.
Poll :: Poll (n.) The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping..
Anvil :: Anvil (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped..
Porter :: Porter (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar..
Maul :: Maul (n.) A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
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..
Refractory :: Refractory (a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore..
Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) The flicker.
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..
Tilt-mill :: Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on..
Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
Knocker :: Knocker (n.) One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it..
Flint :: Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks..
Hammerer :: Hammerer (n.) One who works with a hammer.
Peen :: Peen (n.) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.
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