To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
The buttocks.
To beat into shape with a hammer.
Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.