swage
Americannoun
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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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of swage
1325–75; Middle English souage < Middle French
Example Sentences
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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
After each blow the work is revolved one-sixth of a revolution, and as the angles of the swage are true they obviously true the angles of the bolt head.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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
His conviction was the moral swage that must shape the belief of others.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
The object of having two hammers is that one may be used for the upsetting of the blank and the other for the swage.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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