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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered}; 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hammered
adj : shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer
marks: "a bowl of hammered brass"
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