swage

[ sweyj ]

/ sweɪdʒ /

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.

Words nearby swage

swaddling clothes, swaddy, swadeshi, swados, swag, swage, swage block, swagger, swagger coat, swagger stick, swaggering

Origin of swage

1325–75; Middle English souage < Middle French

OTHER WORDS FROM swage

swag·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for 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 shank and tang are now heated, and a proper form given to them by means of a die and swage.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
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

/ (sweɪdʒ) /

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 forms of swage

swager, noun

Word Origin for swage

C19: from French souage, of unknown origin

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