Definition of hammer

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

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Shingling :: Shingling (n.) The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron..
Goldfinch :: Goldfinch (n.) The yellow-hammer.
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked..
Martel :: Martel (v. i.) To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer..
Peen :: Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge..
Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A flat-faced fulling hammer.
Oliver :: Oliver (n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot..
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..
Planish :: Planish (v.) To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer..
Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (v. t.) To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite..
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..
Latten :: Latten (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass..
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.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
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..
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) Something which in firm or action resembles the common hamme.
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..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it..
Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc..
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