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
If we were to use a top and a bottom swage, as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This capacitates one swage for different sizes of iron.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Spring set is given either by bending, or by hammer blows, and swage set either by blows or by compression.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The first operation is to swage down one end, as at a in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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