PEEN

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.

2.
n.

The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also pane, pein, and piend.]

3.
v.

To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.


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