TRIP HAMMER
\tɹˈɪp hˈamə], \tɹˈɪp hˈamə], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_p h_ˈa_m_ə]\
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A large hammer, consisting of a lever with a head, and moved by camel, or projections on a wheel; a heavy tilt hammer.
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A combination of three separate and distinct vowels pronounced by one effort; as, oya in royal, eau in beau.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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