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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hammer \Ham"mer\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating. ''Hammered money.'' --Dryden.
3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.
Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hammering
noun: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound}, {pounding}]
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