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Webster 1913 Edition


Peen

Peen

(pēn)
,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
pinne
pane of a hammer.]
(a)
A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.
(b)
The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason’s hammer.
[Spelt also
pane
,
pein
, and
piend
.]

Peen

,
Verb.
T.
To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.