swage

[sweyj]

noun

a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
a tool, die, or stamp for giving a particular shape to metal on an anvil, in a stamping press, etc.
swage block.

verb (used with object), swaged, swag·ing.

to bend or shape by means of a swage.
to reduce or taper (an object), as by forging or squeezing.

Origin of swage

1325–75; Middle English souage < Middle French

Related formsswag·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for swage

Historical Examples of swage

Place the swage on the metal and have the helper strike the swage.
The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals
Charles Conrad Sleffel
The first operation is to swage down one end, as at a in Fig. 2945.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose
The bolster is formed with the aid of a die and swage called “prints,” and the tang is drawn out.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8
Various
The fuller is essentially a spreading tool, while the swage may be termed essentially a shaping one.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose
The object of having two hammers is that one may be used for the upsetting of the blank and the other for the swage.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose

British Dictionary definitions for swage

swage

noun

a shaped tool or die used in forming cold metal by hammering, pressing, etc
a decorative moulding

verb

(tr) to form (metal) with a swage

Derived Formsswager, noun

Word Origin for swage

C19: from French souage, of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for swage

"to shape or bend by use of a tool," 1831, from swage (n.), the name of the tool for bending or shaping cold metal (1812), from Old French souage.