Sledge-hammer
31sledge — English has two words sledge. The sledge [OE] of sledgehammer [15] was once a word in its own right, meaning ‘heavy hammer’. It goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *slakh ‘hit’, source also of English slaughter, slay, etc. Sledge ‘snow… …
32sledge — {{11}}sledge (1) heavy hammer, O.E. slecg, from P.Gmc. *slagj (Cf. O.N. sleggja, M.Swed. sleggia sledgehammer ), related to slean to strike (see SLAY (Cf. slay)). SLEDGEHAMMER (Cf. Sledgehammer) thus is pleonastic. {{12}} …
33sledge — sledÊ’ n. vehicle mounted on runners and used for traveling over snow and ice, sled, sleigh (British); sledgehammer, large heavy hammer wielded with both hands v. use a sledgehammer; hit with a sledgehammer; travel in a sledge; transport in a… …
34sledge·ham·mer — /ˈslɛʤˌhæmɚ/ noun, pl mers [count] : a large, heavy hammer with a long handle often used figuratively The news hit me like a sledgehammer. [=I was shocked by the news] …
35Comrade Hammer — Sledge Hammer! episode Episode no. Season 1 Episode 20 Directed by Bruce Bilson Written by …
36Mike Hammer — Este artículo o sección sobre televisión y biografías necesita ser wikificado con un formato acorde a las convenciones de estilo. Por favor, edítalo para que las cumpla. Mientras tanto, no elimines este aviso puesto el 14 de abril de 2008.… …
37Fore hammer — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …
38Flogging hammer — Flogging Flog ging, a. & n. from {Flog}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Flogging chisel} (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. {Flogging hammer}, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel. [1913 Webster] …
39old sledge — Sledge Sledge (sl[e^]j), n. [Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused with sledge a hammer. See {Sled}, n.] 1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used… …
40About-sledge — A*bout sledge , n. The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale. [1913 Webster] …
