swage
[sweyj]
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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.
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
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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 MetalsCharles Conrad Sleffel
The first operation is to swage down one end, as at a in Fig. 2945.
The bolster is formed with the aid of a die and swage called “prints,” and the tang is drawn out.
The fuller is essentially a spreading tool, while the swage may be termed essentially a shaping one.
The object of having two hammers is that one may be used for the upsetting of the blank and the other for the swage.
swage
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Word Origin for swage
C19: from French souage, of unknown origin
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