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- Water hammer - - A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer.
- Water hammer - - A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.