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noun
1.
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
verb (used with object)
2.
to enlarge, straighten, or smooth with a peen.
3.
to strengthen (a metal surface) by light hammering or by bombardment with steel balls or shot.
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Origin:
1505–15; earlier pen < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian pen (noun) in same sense (perhaps < German Pinne peen). See pin
1505–15; earlier pen < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian pen (noun) in same sense (perhaps < German Pinne peen). See pin
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Word Origin & History
peen
1683, "sharp or thin end of a hammer head, opposite the face," probably from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. dial. penn "peen," O.Swed. pæna "beat iron thin with a hammer"). Earlier as a verb, "to beat thin with a hammer" (1513).
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