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Hammer
Hammer Ham"mer, n. (Athletics)
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.
HammerHammer Ham"mer, n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D.
hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer,
crag, and perh. to Gr. ? anvil, Skr. a?man stone.]
1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the
like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron,
fixed crosswise to a handle.
With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.
2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common
hammer; as:
(a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to
indicate the hour.
(b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires,
to produce the tones.
(c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under Ear. (Gun.) That part
of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or
firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of
steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and
struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
(e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as,
St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had
been the ``massive iron hammers' of the whole
earth. --J. H.
Newman.
Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the
spring is formed by confined air.
Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face,
etc.
Hammer fish. See Hammerhead.
Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by
hammering it when cold.
Hammer shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Malleus, a genus
of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters,
having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them
a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster.
To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction. HammerHammer Ham"mer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hammered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hammering.]
1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to
hammer iron.
2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
``Hammered money.' --Dryden.
3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor;
-- usually with out.
Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry. Hammer
Hammer Ham"mer, v. i.
1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping
something with a hammer.
Whereon this month I have hammering. --Shak.
2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. --Shak.
Meaning of Hammers from wikipedia
- purposes.
Hammers used in many
trades include sledgehammers, mallets, and ball-peen
hammers.
Although most
hammers are hand tools,
powered hammers, such as...
- West Ham
Hammers,
British speedway team
Lakeside Hammers,
British speedway team
Herzliya Hammers,
Israeli amateur American football team
Hammers, nickname...
- centimeters). Long war
hammers were
polearms meant for use on foot,
whereas short ones were used from horseback. War
hammers,
especially when mounted...
- The
Hammers may
refer to: West Ham
United F.C., a
professional English football club PFC
Minyor Pernik, a
professional Bulgarian football club
Forge FC...
- In
upright pianos,
depressing the
pedal moves the
hammers closer to the strings,
allowing the
hammers to
strike with less force. This
produces a slightly...
- In the
Western hemisphere,
hammers are
usually stiff, but in Asia,
flexible hammers are
often used. The head of the
hammer can be left bare for a sharp...
-
Ironworks echoed to the
sound of
hammers;
steam hammers,
sledge hammers and
rivet hammers.
Seven large mechanical steam hammers would punch small holes near...
- the
force of gravity. Historically, trip
hammers were
often powered hydraulically by a
water wheel. Trip
hammers are
known to have been used in Imperial...
-
considered unimportant in
rough carpentry.
Framing hammers also have a much
straighter claw than
regular claw
hammers, as the claw is
designed more for
prying nailed...
- 3
Hammers (sometimes
called Three Hammers) is a
strong white cider made in Tiverton, Devon,
England by the
Aston Manor Brewery.
Before 2009 it was made...
