Anagrams of: HAMMERCLOTH

• any salt or ester of chromic acid

• a comb for separating flax fibers

• comb with a heckle

• A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov.

• The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.

• The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

• something (especially a game) that is played again

• long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

• someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

• a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

• a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

• a power tool for drilling rocks

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• beat with or as if with a hammer

• create by hammering

• the production of young from an egg

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

• emerge from the eggs

• devise or invent

• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

• sit on (eggs)