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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hammer \Ham"mer\ (h[a^]m"m[~e]r), n. [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. a[,c]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. [1913 Webster] With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Something which in form 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}. (d) (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 or thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies. [1913 Webster] He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the "massive iron hammers" of the whole earth. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] 3. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {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} (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered} (-m[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hammering}.] 1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. "Hammered money." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out. [1913 Webster] Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. i. 1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer. [1913 Webster] Whereon this month I have been hammering. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively. [1913 Webster] Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: hammer n 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled [syn: {hammer}, {cock}] 2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking 3: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: {malleus}, {hammer}] 4: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. [syn: {mallet}, {hammer}] 5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw 6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate 7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: {hammer}, {power hammer}] 8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound}, {hammering}, {pounding}] v 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat" 2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" [syn: {forge}, {hammer}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: hammer vt. Commonwealth hackish syn. for {bang on}. From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Hammer /hamr/ blockbuster; gavel; hammer; sledge From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: hammer hammer