swage
noun
a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
swages
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pluralof swage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Joshua Rose
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 Joshua Rose
This is performed by stamping both ends of each link at the same time between pairs of shaping dies or swages.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
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 Joshua Rose
A hand forge, with a crank-driven fan blower, and a hundred and fifty pound anvil, and sledges and cutters and swages and tongs.
From Naudsonce by H. Beam Piper
