peen
[peen]
- a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
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- to enlarge, straighten, or smooth with a peen.
- to strengthen (a metal surface) by light hammering or by bombardment with steel balls or shot.
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Origin of peen
1505–15; earlier pen < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian pen (noun) in same sense (perhaps < German Pinne peen). See pin
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peen
- the end of a hammer head opposite the striking face, often rounded or wedge-shaped
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- (tr) to strike with the peen of a hammer or with a stream of metal shot in order to bend or shape (a sheet of metal)
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Word Origin for peen
C17: variant of pane, perhaps from French panne, ultimately from Latin pinna point
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Word Origin and History for peened
peen
1680s, "sharp or thin end of a hammer head, opposite the face," probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian dialectal penn "peen," Old Swedish pæna "beat iron thin with a hammer"). Earlier as a verb, "to beat thin with a hammer" (1510s).
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