hammer (n.)

hammer (v.)

Silently as a dream the fabric rose,

No sound of hammer or of saw was there.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book v. The Winter Morning Walk. Line 144.

So that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Old Testament: 1 Kings vi. 7.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,

The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool,

With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Publius Syrus (42 b c): Maxim 262.