swage
Americannoun
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swages
plural
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a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
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a tool, die, or stamp for giving a particular shape to metal on an anvil, in a stamping press, etc.
verb (used with object)
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to bend or shape by means of a swage.
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to reduce or taper (an object), as by forging or squeezing.
noun
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a shaped tool or die used in forming cold metal by hammering, pressing, etc
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a decorative moulding
verb
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Origin of swage
1325–75; Middle English souage < Middle French
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An anvil sits in the center of the space near a grooved swage block for shaping metal and a power hammer for pounding it.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2016
His blood flows hot and fast, and thou must cool and swage it with thy gentle dignity.
From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton
O. N. ai > ē, written a, ai, ay, ei: bait, bein, bayt, blaik, dey, grane, graip, graith, heid, laif, lairet, lairing, lak, laiching, thwaite, waith, slaik, swage, raise, tha.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
If the seat were made a true half circle it would lock upon the work, preventing the smith from revolving it and making it difficult to remove the swage.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The flange of the bottom swage is placed as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
In the case of trip hammers, steam hammers, &c., blocks fitted to the hammer and anvil block may take the place of detached swages and fullers.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The square hole is for receiving the stems of swages, fullers, &c., and for placing work over to punch holes through it, and the round is used for punching small holes.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
For general work the recesses or seats of such swages would be made considerably oval, as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The tool for performing the eighth operation consists of a pair of swages, the bottom one only being shown in Fig. 8a.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
Fullering denotes the preliminary roughing-down of the material between tools having convex edges; swaging, the completion or finishing process between swages, or dies of definite shape, nearly hemispherical in form.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Obviously such swages are employed when the part to be swaged is less in length than the width of the hammer or of the anvil face.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Metallic swaged plates were introduced in the latter part of the 18th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
To straighten the iron it is flattened on the surface a and swaged on the edge of the flange b, the bending and straightening being performed alternately.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It is then ground in the same manner as the barrel, and the hammer is swaged on by two operations under the drop.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
The collar is left open at the joint, and while it is cold it is placed on the red-hot bar and swaged until the ends are closed.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
In a noisy inferno at Westinghouse's lamp factory in Bloomfield, N.J., a Unimate 2015G robot performs a process called "swaging."
From Time Magazine Archive
There's no denying that for utter precision and consistency, nothing beats a 125-ton computer-driven swaging machine hammering down on a barrel 1,600 times a minute.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frequently swaging is practised at once, without the preliminary detail of fullering.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
The rolling, forging, and swaging rooms are all connected, and form, as it were, one extended apartment.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
The ends are upset or enlarged in order to leave enough metal to be dressed down flush, by swaging or by flattering.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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