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• ham|mer|blow — «HAM uhr BLOH», noun. 1. the blow or impact of a hammer. 2. a) something resembling this, as the impact of an unbalanced wheel in a locomotive. b) Figurative: »[He] dodged the well aimed hammerblows of a Senate investigating committee (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|cloth — «HAM uhr KLTH, KLOTH», noun. a cloth covering the driver s box in a coach …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|head — «HAM uhr HEHD», noun. 1. Also, hammerhead shark. a fierce shark whose wide head looks somewhat like a double headed hammer. 2. a variety of sucker with a broad, concave head, found in cool streams of eastern North America …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|ing — «HAM uhr ihng», noun. 1. the action of striking or beating with or as with a hammer: »Figurative. He stood the hammering of his antagonist…with uncommon firmness (Sporting Magazine). 2. a design produced, as on silverware, by a hammer. 3. British …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|kop — «HAM uhr kop», noun. Afrikaans. an African wading bird related to the herons; umbrette …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|less — «HAM uhr lihs», adjective. having no hammer or no visible hammer. A hammerless pistol has its hammer covered …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|mill — «HAM uhr MIHL», noun. a machine in which grain, animal feed, or minerals are ground up by the action of metal hammers revolving within a drum …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|smith — «HAM uhr SMIHTH», noun. a person who works metal with a hammer …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|stone — «HAM uhr STOHN», noun. a prehistoric stone implement resembling, or used as, a hammer …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|toe — «HAM uhr TOH», n 1. a deformity of the toe, especially the second toe, in which the first joint is longer than usual and is extended while the others are flexed, so that the toe bends upward at an angle. 2. a toe thus deformed …   Useful english dictionary

• ham|mer|lock — hammer lock, or ham|mer|lock «HAM uhr LOK», noun. a hold used in wrestling, in which an opponent s arm is twisted and held behind his back …   Useful english dictionary