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Tilt
·noun A thrust, as with a lance. II. Tilt ·vt To point or thrust a weapon at. III. Tilt ·vt To poi...

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tilt
To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with t...

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tilt
A small canopy extended over the stern-sheets of a boat, supported by iron or wood work, to keep off...

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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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Tilt-mill
·noun A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. ...

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Tilt-up
·noun ·same·as Tip-up. ...

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Tilt-yard
·noun A yard or place for tilting. ...

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tilt-up
The popular name of the Sand-piper. See peet-weet. ...

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tilt-boat
One expressly fitted like a tilt-waggon, to preserve powder or other fragile stores from the weather...

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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-beam
·noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not...

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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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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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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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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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