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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A heavy forge hammer having a pivoted lever by which it is tilted up and then allowed to drop.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mech., a power machine-tool for hammering, forging, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in ironworking, lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

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