Malleate, mal′e-āt, v.t. to hammer: to form into a plate or leaf by hammering.—adj.

Associated words: peen, hephestic, poll. hammer, v. beat, forge, malleate, beetle. hammer and tongs. vigorously, forcibly, energetically. hamper, v. fetter, shackle, impede, restrain, hinder, encumber, embarrass. hamper, n. hanaper; shackle, fetter, restraint, impediment. hamstring, n. hough.--v. disable, cripple, lame, hough. hand, n. paw, manus.