concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball