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n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
n.) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.

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n.) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.