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peen1680s, "sharp or thin end of a hammer head, opposite the face," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal penn "peen," Old Swedish pæna "beat iron thin [..]
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peenTo draw, bend. or flatten, also, the formed side of a hammer opposite the face.
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peen(n) the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
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peenTo round off or shaoe an object, smoothing out burrs and rough edges. (Nown) The lesser head of a hammer. It is termed ball when it is spherical, cross when in the form of a rounded edge ridges at rig [..]
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peen, sb. the cross end of a mechanic’s hammer, opposite to the face.
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