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peened


noun

  1. a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.

verb (used with object)

  1. to enlarge, straighten, or smooth with a peen.
  2. to strengthen (a metal surface) by light hammering or by bombardment with steel balls or shot.

noun

  1. the end of a hammer head opposite the striking face, often rounded or wedge-shaped

verb

  1. (tr) to strike with the peen of a hammer or with a stream of metal shot in order to bend or shape (a sheet of metal)

n.1680s, “sharp or thin end of a hammer head, opposite the face,” probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian dialectal penn “peen,” Old Swedish pæna “beat iron thin with a hammer”). Earlier as a verb, “to beat thin with a hammer” (1510s).

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