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English Dictionary: hammered by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hammered
adj
  1. shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks; "a bowl of hammered brass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered}; 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.
            [bd]Hammered money.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor;
            -- usually with out.
  
                     Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.
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