hammered

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks“a bowl of hammered brass”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hammered (-m[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hammering.]

1.To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron. [1913 Webster]

2.To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. "Hammered money." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3.To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out. [1913 Webster]

Who was hammering out a penny dialogue.— Jeffry.[1913 Webster]
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