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The hammer is a symbol of power to ward off cold and chaos. The god Thor owned a short-handled hammer called Mjollnir which made thunder and lightening, could shatter rocks, could make dents in mountains and worked to keep all beings under the control of the gods' laws. ...
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To ride hard. Also, to "put the hammer down."
Ãâó: www.internationalcycling.com/glossary.shtml
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On a flintlock it was the piece hit by the flint but in subsequent locks it was the striking piece, corresponding to a flintlocks cock. In modern usage a hammer denotes a pivoted mechanism, that moves about an axis to deliver its impulse to the firing pin. A hammer may be visible or contained within the guns frame (hammerless). Its action may carry the firing pin directly into contact with the primer, or it may impel a separate firing pin forward against the primer. ...
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The part of a revolver's action that strikes the firing pin. Pulling the hammer back is called "cocking" the gun.
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A weapon consisting of a hammer head on one side and a spike on the other, sometimes mounted on a short handle for use in one hand and other times mounted on a short shaft for use in foot combats. Warhammers and poleaxes were popularly used in judicial duels or in combats associated with points of honor.
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