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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 1513 to draw, bend, or flatten by or as if by hammering with a peen II. noun Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian penn peen Date: 1683 a usually hemispherical or wedge-shaped end of the head of a hammer that is opposite the face and is used especially for bending, shaping, or cutting the material struck

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. the wedge-shaped or thin or curved end of a hammer-head (opp. FACE n. 5a). --v.tr. 1 hammer with a peen. 2 treat (sheet metal) with a stream of metal shot in order to shape it. Etymology: 17th c.: also pane, app. f. F panne f. Du. pen f. L pinna point

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Peen Peen, n. [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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Peen Peen, v. t. To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.