raising hammer (razing ham"er)

A hammer with a long head and a rounded face, used by silversmiths and coppersmiths to form a sheet of metal into a cup or bowl shape. raising-knife (rā'zing-nif), n. A coopers' knife used to set up staves in form for a cask. raising-piece (rā'zing-pēs), n. In carp., a piece of timber laid on a brick wall, or on the top of the posts or puncheons of a timber-framed house, to carry a beam or beams; a templet. raising-plate (rā'zing-plāt), n. In carp., a horizontal timber resting on a wall, or upon vertical timbers of a frame, and supporting the heels of rafters or other framework; a wall plate. raisin-tree (rā'zn-trē), n. The common currant-shrub, Ribes rubrum, the fruit of which is often confounded with the Corinthian raisin, or currant. [Prov. Eng.] - Japanese raisin-tree, a small rhamnaceous tree, Hovenia dulcis. The peduncle of its fruit is edible.