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hammer blows

hammer blows is the plural of hammer blow.

Meaning of hammer blow

Noun

hammer blow (plural hammer blows)

  1. A blow with a hammer.
  2. A pounding of the rails by the driving wheels of a steam locomotive caused by the inertia of unbalanced parts.
    • The balancing of the engine is unusual, with the rotating masses fully balanced and 40 per cent of the reciprocating masses statically balanced by lead weights in the coupled wheels; the reciprocrating balance weights are in the same phase on both sides of the engine. This system saves balance...1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419

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What is hammer blows the plural of?
Hammer blows is the plural of hammer blow.

Words near hammer blows in the dictionary

  1. hammer bench
  2. hammer benches
  3. hammer blast
  4. hammer blasts
  5. hammer blow
  6. hammer blows
  7. hammer break
  8. hammer breaks
  9. hammer drill
  10. hammer drills
  11. hammer dulcimer

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