peen 1 (pēn)
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n. The end of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface, often wedge-shaped or ball-shaped and used for chipping, indenting, and metalworking. tr.v. peened, peen·ing, peens To hammer, bend, or shape with a peen.
[Early Modern English pen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish and Swedish pen and Norwegian penn, all ultimately from Low German pen, variant of Middle Low German pin, peg, pin, probably from Medieval Latin pinna, feather, pointed object, from Late Latin, from Latin penna, pinna, feather; see pet- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |