trip-hammer

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Jinnie's heart vied with a trip-hammer as they turned into Paradise

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  1. A tilting-hammer or machine-hammer operated by a cam or other device, which trips the lever and allows the hammer to fall. It is essentially the same as the tilt-hammer (where see cut).

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