HAMMER
NOUNS
1474 — MARTEL a hammer
1641 — MELL a mallet; a hammer; generally of wood → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1886 — MAW a mallet; a large hammer → Eng. dial.
1890 — HAMMERY people who live by working with the hammer → Eng. dial.
..L19 — PANORAMA a hammer → rhyming sl. (pronounced with a short ‘a’)
..20C — ALABAMA a hammer → UK rhyming sl.
..20C — PADDY RAMMER a hammer → UK rhyming sl.
1905 — MELLET a small wooden hammer; a mallet → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 — BEATER a heavy hammer or maul; a sledge hammer; also, a wedge used in splitting wood → Amer. dial.
1950 — PAISLEY SCREWDRIVER a hammer→ Sc.
1966 — MIKE a hammer → Amer. miners’ usage
1969 — BOSTON SCREWDRIVER a hammer → US sl.
1990 — ADJUSTER a hammer → US sl.
1992 — WHOP STICK a hammer → US sl.
VERBS
1590 — MARTEL to hammer, to deal blows as with a hammer → obs.
1594 — MALLET to beat, to hammer → obs. exc. arch.
1597 — MALLEATE to beat with a hammer; to beat metal thin or flat
1787 — MELL to hammer; to strike with a ‘mell’ or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1829 — MARTELLATE to hammer
1864 — NAP to break, to hit with a hammer → sl. (Bk.)
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