swage

[ sweyj ]

/ sweɪdʒ /

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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.

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.

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Origin of swage

1325–75; Middle English souage<Middle French

OTHER WORDS FROM swage

swager, noun

Words nearby swage

swaddling clothes, swaddy, Swadeshi, Swados, swag, swage, swage block, swagger, swagger coat, swaggering, swagger stick

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How to use swage in a sentence

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 round files are formed by a swage similar to those used by common smiths, but a little conical.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
This is too fragile to bear the action of the opposite steel dies of the swage above described.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Then they are brought out of the fire, put in a swage, end to end, and struck on the ends with a sledge hammer.
The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals|Charles Conrad Sleffel

The arm should be drawn out of a piece of flat iron and made half round by a swage on the anvil.
The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals|Charles Conrad Sleffel

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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