Chapter Hallucinator to Hammerable of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Hammer
(Ham"mer), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hammered (-merd); 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.

Hammer
(Ham"mer), v. i.

1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.

Whereon this month I have been hammering.

Shak.

2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.

Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.

Shak.

Hammerable
(Ham"mer*a*ble) a. Capable of being formed or shaped by a hammer. Sherwood.