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Definition of: peen
(pēn) noun
The end of a hammer head opposite the face: usually shaped for indenting, riveting, chipping, etc., as when straight, pointed, conical, hemispherical, or wedge-shaped: ball-peen, cross-peen, etc. See illustration under HAMMER.
—v.t. To beat, bend, or shape with the peen. Also spelled pane, pean, pein. [Appar. var. of PANE2,? infl. by Scand. Cf. Norw. paenn the sharp end of a hammer.]
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