peen
nounThe end of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface, often wedge-shaped or ball-shaped and used for chipping, indenting, and metalworking.
transitive verbTo hammer, bend, or shape with a peen.
To treat by striking regularly all over with the peen of a hammer.
nounThat end of a hammer-head or similar tool which terminates in an edge, or in a sharp, rounded cone-shaped, hemispherical, or otherwise specially modified point, as distinguished form the ordinary flat face. See also cuts under
A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.
nounThe sharp-edged end of the head of a mason’s hammer.
transitive verbTo draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.
nounThe (often spherical) end of the head of a
To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
