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bott-hammer

bott-hammer is the alternative form of bott hammer.

Meaning of bott hammer

Noun

bott hammer (plural bott hammers)

  1. (obsolete) A hammer used to process flax.
    • The bott-hammer is sometimes used for bruising or crushing fibrous plants; it consists of a wooden block, having on its under face channels or flutings which run across its surface; the block is fixed to a long belt-helve or handle, and may be worked singly, or several hammers may be worked in a...1859, Alex. Hunter, “The Raw Products of India suited to the Manufacturing Wants of Great Britain”, in The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 10, page 188

Forms of bott-hammer

pluralbott-hammers

Questions about bott-hammer

What is bott-hammer the alternative form of?
Bott-hammer is the alternative form of bott hammer.

Words near bott-hammer in the dictionary

  1. Botswanian
  2. Botswanians
  3. bott
  4. bott hammer
  5. bott hammers
  6. bott-hammer
  7. bottability
  8. bottable
  9. Bottan
  10. bottarga
  11. bottargas

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