Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Martelláre, v. a.
1. to hammer, to strike with a hammer; 2. (fig.) to beat, strike, vex, torment, teaze, plague; v. n. 1. to throb, palpitate; 2. to sound the alarm bell. — il ferro caldo, to strike the iron while it is hot, to seize the op portunity.
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martellare: to forge, to hammer. Also to make one iealous or appassionate. Also to beate, to thump or knocke, and by metaphore to vexe and punish.