Word Meanings - HAMMER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. Also, a person of thing that
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That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies. He met the stern legionaries who had been the "massive iron hammers" of the whole earth. J. H. Newman. Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air. -- Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face, etc. -- Hammer fish. See Hammerhead. -- Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. -- Hammer shell , any species of Malleus, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster. -- To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction. (more info) & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. With busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak. 2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common hammer; as: That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour. The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones. The malleus. See under Ear.
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- STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - DEMURE
good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest - HAMMER LOCK
A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent. - FALTER
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell. - STILLBIRTH
The birth of a dead fetus. - HAMMERER
One who works with a hammer. - STAMMERING
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv. - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - STILLSTAND
A standstill. Shak. - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - STILLING
A stillion. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - HAMMER
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming. Also, a person of thing that - DEMURRABLE
That may be demurred to. Stormonth. - STILLAGE
A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight. - STILLION
A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying. - HAMMER-LESS
Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch. - STILLROOM
1. A room for distilling. 2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens. - STILL-HUNT
A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously. -- Still"-hunt`er, n. -- Still"-hunt`ing, n. - DEMURENESS
The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty. - INSTILL
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - PISTILLIFEROUS
Pistillate. - DISTILLABLE
Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable. - DISTILLATION
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - FINESTILLER
One who finestills. - UNDERSTANDINGLY
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. - GOLD-HAMMER
The yellow-hammer. - INSTILLATOR
An instiller.