absol. and intransitive. To make a stroke with a hammer or other implement; spec. in Smithing.

intransitive. To hammer. Obsolete. rare.

literal. To deal blows with or as with a hammer; to strike a succession of heavy blows; to thump.

intransitive. To strike something with a pick or other sharp implement, so as to dent, cut, or break it up. Also figurative. Obsolete.

intransitive. To use a sledgehammer.

intransitive. To undergo beating with a hammer.

intransitive. To strike with the pointed end of a hammer. Cf. peen, v.