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oliver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑlɪvɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɒlɪvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (archaic, rare) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
    • I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […] 1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes, page 66:

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