PEENING
- the action of treating sheet metal with metal shot in order to shape it [n PEENINGS] / PEEN, to beat with the non-flat end of a hammerhead [v]
- wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face
- to enlarge, straighten, or smooth with a peen
- to strengthen (a metal surface) by light hammering or by bombardment with steel balls or shot
- the act of beating thin with a hammer [n -S]