Definition of hammer

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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..

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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..
Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..
Hewn :: Hewn (a.) Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone..
Hammerable :: Hammerable (a.) Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
Thump :: Thump (n.) The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like..
Poll :: Poll (n.) The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
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..
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..
Yite :: Yite (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
Dulcimer :: Dulcimer (n.) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them..
Yoit :: Yoit (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
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..
Bucker :: Bucker (n.) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
Drop :: Drop (n.) A drop press or drop hammer.
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