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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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 Joshua Rose
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
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
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
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
