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Hammer
·noun The <<Malleus>>. II. Hammer ·vt To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. III. Ha...

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Hammer
1) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of ...

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hammer
The shipwright's hammer is a well-known tool for driving nails and clenching bolts, differing from h...

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Beam
·noun The pole of a carriage. II. Beam ·vi To emit beams of light. III. Beam ·noun Fig.: A ray; a ...

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Beam
Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means ...

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Beam
1) (The King's or Great) Used for weighing heavy goods, "avoirs du pois" (Cal. L. Bk. A. p. 191), i...

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beam
To beam a tub, is to put water into it, to stop the leaking by swelling the wood. N. ...

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beam
A long double stratum of murky clouds generally observed over the surface of the Mediterranean previ...

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Gold-hammer
·noun The yellow-hammer. ...

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Hammer break
·add. ·- An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating ham...

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Hammer lock
·add. ·- A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his op...

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Hammer-dressed
·adj Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; — said of building s...

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Hammer-harden
·vt To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state. ...

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Hammer-less
·adj Without a visible hammer; — said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and o...

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Tilt hammer
·- A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or ...

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Trip hammer
·- A tilt hammer. ...

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Water hammer
·- A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel contai...

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Hammer Court
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Lond. Guide, 1758). Former name : "Hamersmith...

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yellow-hammer
(Picus auratus. Wilson, Ornith.) The popular name of the Golden-winged Woodpecker, the most beautifu...

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detonating hammer
A modern introduction into the Royal Navy for firing the guns. With the aid of an attached laniard, ...

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fore-hammer
The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...

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Beam tree
·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. ...

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beam-arm
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...

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beam-ends
A ship is said to be on her beam-ends when she has heeled over so much on one side that her beams ap...

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beam-fillings
Short lengths of wood cut to fit in between the beams to complete the cargo of a timber ship. ...

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beam-line
A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...

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cat-beam
This, called also the beak-head beam, is the broadest beam in the ship, and is generally made of two...

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collar-beam
The beam upon which the stanchions of the beak-head bulk-head stand. ...

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dragon beam or piece
A strut or abutment. ...

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lee-beam
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel. ...

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spring-beam
In a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams, and supporting the outer end ...

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weather-beam
A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship. ...

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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...

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hammer-headed shark
The Zygæna malleus, a strange, ugly shark. The eyes are situated at the extremities of the hammer-sh...

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beak-head beam
For this important timber see cat-beam. ...

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abaft the beam
See before the beam ...

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before or abaft the beam
The bearing of any object which is before or abaft a right line to the keel, at the midship section ...

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deck-beam knees
The same as lodging-knees. ...

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on the beam
Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel. ...

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beam of the anchor
Synonymous with anchor-stock. ...

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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...

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