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dene(1)(dictionary)
dene(2)(dictionary)
dene-hole(dictionary)
Hammer toe(medicine)
Hammer(medicine)
hammer(encyclopedia)
hammer(2)(dictionary)
Hammer(health)
hammer(1)(dictionary)

dene-hole (iou) and hammer (sh)


dene-hole (iou)



dene-hole noun. . M18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from DANE + HOLE noun1. Assoc. by later archaeologists with DENE noun2 and DEN noun1.]
Archaeology. An ancient excavation of a kind found in chalk-formations in England and France, consisting of a narrow shaft sunk down to the chalk, and there widening out into one or more chambers.

hammer (sh)




Tool for pounding or delivering repeated blows.

Hand hammers have a handle and striking head. Surfaces of hammerheads vary in size, angle of orientation to the handle (parallel or inclined), and type of face (flat or convex). Carpenters' hammers often have a claw on the head for extracting nails. Weights range from a few ounces or grams up to 15 lbs (7 kg) for hammers used in breaking stones. Steam hammers often use, in addition to gravity, a downward thrust from a steam-activated piston. Pneumatic (air-driven) hammers include the hammer drill, for rock and concrete, and the riveting hammer, for construction operations involving steel girders and plate.