Dictionary - Definition of HAMMERER


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. One who works with a hammer.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Hammerer" is a common misspelling or typo for: hammered, hammerers, yammerer.

Date "Hammerer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HAMMERER

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] One who works with a hammer.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Noun] One who hammers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Specialty Expressions: HAMMERER

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Bell-neck hammerer	Occupations	Forms and shapes bell necks for brass musical instruments: Bends neck blank down middle by hand. Aligns blank on mandrel, using forming device. Rolls bent blank around mandrel to form seam, using wooden mallet and iron bar. Secures seam for brazing, using notching tool. Smooths brazed seam, using file. Places neck on mandrel and hammers neck to shape it and remove dents, using metal hammer and wooden mallet. (references)
Flat hammerer	Occupations	Repairs defects in silver hollowware, such as trays, creamers, teapots, and bowls, using hammers, dollies, and tracing punches: Examines article to determine nature of defect, such as dents, uneven bottom, scratches, or holes. Places article on anvil or dolly and pounds out dents or bulges, selecting hammer with head corresponding in curvature with surface of article. Straightens twisted articles by hand. Forms concavity in bottom of article to improve its stability, using tracing punches and hammer. Verifies levelness of bottom edges of article, using straightedge, or by rocking article back and forth on flat surface. Peens edges of scratches or holes to repair defect, using peening hammer. (references)
Seam hammerer	Occupations	Smooths brazed seam of copper, nickel, silver, or brass musical instruments, using power roller or hammer: Files seam, using metal file. Places instrument on anvil or mandrel with seam uppermost. Starts hammer and moves instrument piece across anvil to expose seam to hammer, or positions workpiece under wheel of rolling machine and activates wheel to compress seam to specified thickness. (references)
Shoe hammerer	Occupations	Tends machine that smooths and presses seams of shoe parts, such as counters, quarters, and joints of uppers by following methods: (1) Positions part under pounder or roller and guides part while machine pounds or rolls seams flat and smooth. (2) Positions part over or under preheated form and depresses pedal that lowers head of machine over part, pressing part to smooth seam. (3) Positions part on anvil under power hammer and depresses pedal that raises anvil and starts reciprocating hammer, flattening, and smoothing seam. May soften parts, using water-soaked sponge. May be designated according to type of machine operated as Power-Hammer Operator (boot & shoe); Seam-Press Operator (boot & shoe); or according to part of shoe smoothed as Heel-Seam Rubber (boot & shoe); Quarter-Lining Smoother (boot & shoe); Vamp Presser (boot & shoe). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. One who works with a hammer.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "HAMMERER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HAMMERER

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] One who works with a hammer.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Noun] One who hammers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Specialty Expressions: HAMMERER

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Bell-neck hammerer	Occupations	Forms and shapes bell necks for brass musical instruments: Bends neck blank down middle by hand. Aligns blank on mandrel, using forming device. Rolls bent blank around mandrel to form seam, using wooden mallet and iron bar. Secures seam for brazing, using notching tool. Smooths brazed seam, using file. Places neck on mandrel and hammers neck to shape it and remove dents, using metal hammer and wooden mallet. (references)
Flat hammerer	Occupations	Repairs defects in silver hollowware, such as trays, creamers, teapots, and bowls, using hammers, dollies, and tracing punches: Examines article to determine nature of defect, such as dents, uneven bottom, scratches, or holes. Places article on anvil or dolly and pounds out dents or bulges, selecting hammer with head corresponding in curvature with surface of article. Straightens twisted articles by hand. Forms concavity in bottom of article to improve its stability, using tracing punches and hammer. Verifies levelness of bottom edges of article, using straightedge, or by rocking article back and forth on flat surface. Peens edges of scratches or holes to repair defect, using peening hammer. (references)
Seam hammerer	Occupations	Smooths brazed seam of copper, nickel, silver, or brass musical instruments, using power roller or hammer: Files seam, using metal file. Places instrument on anvil or mandrel with seam uppermost. Starts hammer and moves instrument piece across anvil to expose seam to hammer, or positions workpiece under wheel of rolling machine and activates wheel to compress seam to specified thickness. (references)
Shoe hammerer	Occupations	Tends machine that smooths and presses seams of shoe parts, such as counters, quarters, and joints of uppers by following methods: (1) Positions part under pounder or roller and guides part while machine pounds or rolls seams flat and smooth. (2) Positions part over or under preheated form and depresses pedal that lowers head of machine over part, pressing part to smooth seam. (3) Positions part on anvil under power hammer and depresses pedal that raises anvil and starts reciprocating hammer, flattening, and smoothing seam. May soften parts, using water-soaked sponge. May be designated according to type of machine operated as Power-Hammer Operator (boot & shoe); Seam-Press Operator (boot & shoe); or according to part of shoe smoothed as Heel-Seam Rubber (boot & shoe); Quarter-Lining Smoother (boot & shoe); Vamp Presser (boot & shoe). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top