"forehammer" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English forehamer",
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      "expansion": "fore- + hammer",
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        "2": "voorhamer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sledgehammer"
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      "expansion": "Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Vörhamer",
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      "expansion": "German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forehamer, forhamer, equivalent to fore- + hammer. Compare Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”), German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”), Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”).",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939, John Brunton's Book",
          "text": "The blacksmith I was put under was a kind good fellow and soon put me in the way of striking with the forehammer which was at first very tiring […]"
        }
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        "A sledge or sledgehammer; the large hammer which strikes first, or before the smaller one."
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        "2": "fore",
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        "2": "voorhamer",
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        "4": "sledgehammer"
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      "expansion": "Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "Vörhamer",
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        "4": "sledgehammer"
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      "expansion": "German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "forhammer",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sledgehammer"
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      "expansion": "Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forehamer, forhamer, equivalent to fore- + hammer. Compare Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”), German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”), Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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          "ref": "1939, John Brunton's Book",
          "text": "The blacksmith I was put under was a kind good fellow and soon put me in the way of striking with the forehammer which was at first very tiring […]"
        }
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        "A sledge or sledgehammer; the large hammer which strikes first, or before the smaller one."
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