| Hammer (hammer) |
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| n. | (-m r) |
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| Ham"mer |
| [OE.
hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D.
hamer, G. *** Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel.
hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. 'a`kmwn
anvil, Skr. aç]man stone.] |
An
instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like,
consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a
handle.
Something which in form or action
resembles the common hammer
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| Hammer (hammer) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Ham"mer |
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To beat with
a hammer] to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer
iron.
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape
by beating.
To form in the mind; to shape by hard
intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
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| Hammer (hammer) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Ham"mer |
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To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping
something with a hammer.
To strike repeated blows, literally or
figuratively.
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A
spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark
or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16
pounds.
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