Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.
Shak.
Ham"mer*a*ble (-*b'l), a. Capable of being formed or shaped by a
hammer. Sherwood.
Ham"mer-beam` (-bm`), n. (Gothic 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.
Ham"mer*cloth` (-klth; 115), n. [Prob. fr. D. hemel heaven, canopy,
tester (akin to G. himmel, and perh. also to E. heaven) + E. cloth; or
perh. a corruption of hamper cloth.] The cloth which covers a coach
box.
Ham"mer-dressed` (-drst`), a. Having the surface roughly shaped or
faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
Ham"mer*er (-r), n. One who works with a hammer.
Ham"mer-hard`en (-h‰rd`'n), v. t. To harden, as a metal, by hammering
it in the cold state.
Ham"mer*head` (-hd`), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or
ZygÊna, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head,
which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygÊna is found in the North
Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
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