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bushhammer definition

☆ bush·hammer (bo̵os̸h′ham′ər)

noun

a kind of hammer, now usually power-driven, whose face has projecting points, used to dress stone

Etymology: prob. < Ger bosshammer < bossen, to beat, dress (stone) + hammer, hammer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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