Definition of hammer

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Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..

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Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile..
Flint :: Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks..
Yite :: Yite (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish..
Oliver :: Oliver (n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot..
Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering..
Trip Hammer :: Trip hammer () A tilt hammer.
Improvise :: Improvise (v. t.) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone..
Forging :: Forging (n.) The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.
Forging :: Forging (n.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.
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..
Forgeman :: Forgeman (n.) A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
Bell-faced :: Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.
Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally..
Batter :: Batter (v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly..
Yoit :: Yoit (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A stone mason's hammer.
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