hammer : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a hammer driven by compressed air
  jackhammer; air hammer.
  

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• a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air.

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• noun a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal
  

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• noun a hammer used in laying bricks
  

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• . See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
  carpenter's hammer; clawhammer.
  

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• noun a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
  carpenter's hammer; clawhammer.
  

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• a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.

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• a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. Slang

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• a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

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• (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

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• noun device for making large forgings
  drop forge; drop press.
  

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• (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die.

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• etc. See under Drop, Face, etc.

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• noun a hammer driven by electric motor
  

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• a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; used by gold beaters. Knight.

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• a hammer having a flat face.

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• a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

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• (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.

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• a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer.

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• one in which the hammer is raised for striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip the hammer rod.

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• a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head.

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Gold"-ham`mer noun

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1. The yellow-hammer.

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• noun the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union
  

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• . See Hammerhead.

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• the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold.

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• verb teach by drills and repetition
  ram down; beat in; drill in.
  

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; toper's nose; potato nose.
  

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• verb discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement
  thrash out.
  
  • The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement

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• (Zoöl.), 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.

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• noun an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible
  

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Ham"mer-beam` noun

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1. (Cothic Arch.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

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Ham"mer-dressed` adjective

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1. Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.

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Ham"mer-hard`en transitive verb

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1. To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.

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Ham"mer-less adjective

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1. (Firearms) Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a hammer
  

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• . See Tilt hammer.

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• (Mach.), a frontal hammer.

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Pat"ent-ham"mered adjective

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1. (Stone Cutting) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

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• a pick with one end sharp and the other blunt, used by miners.

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• noun a hammer driven by compressed air
  jackhammer; air hammer.
  

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• noun a power tool for drilling rocks
  hammer.
  

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• a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising sheet metal.

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• . (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed . Knight. (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc.

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• a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron.

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• a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill.

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• a hammer for forging, which is worked directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end of the cylinder.

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• a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, used for breaking stone.

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• noun a light hammer that is used to drive tacks
  

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Tilt" ham`mer

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1. A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

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• to put up at auction.

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Trip" ham`mer

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1. A tilt hammer.

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• noun the banging sound of steam in pipes
  

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Wa"ter ham"mer

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(Physics)

1. 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.
2. A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.

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• a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit of being used as a hammer.

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