Goewin deftly poured the mixture onto a sheet of metal which, Taran was quite certain, was nothing else but a warrior's shield hammered flat, and held it over the glowing embers.

The door Hawkril could see was also sheaDied in old shields, hammered flat and nailed together.

Some of the track was made from flimsy British 4-gallon petrol cans, hammered flat and then formed into shape over real steel rails.

If the heat shield failed, the ship would crumble instantly, hammered flat by a solid wall of gas.

In contrast, the iron currencies from Nigeria and the Cameroon are hammered flat and sharp-edged.

The fused bar can then be hammered flat and folded back on itself, the process repeated until iron and steel are intermingled in thousands of layers thinner than the edge of a razor.

The parade ground snow was hammered flat and slippery by soldiers dashing hither and thither, some carrying lighted torches-ferrets, weasels and stoats.

The crescent of the Turk is grown into the sickle of another, and what he cannot cut down he hammers flat.

Abbu reached into his own pouch and drew forth a ring of pure Southron gold, hammered flat into a circular plate.

Theywere held together by stitching down the left-hand side, so that they made a small booklet, a thin strip of lead wrapped round the edge hammered flat and forming a narrow binding.