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swage


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swage  \Swage\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Swaged};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Swaging}.]  [Equiv.  to  suage,  abbrev.  fr  assuage.] 
  See  {Assuage}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swage  \Swage\,  n. 
  A  tool,  variously  shaped  or  grooved  on  the  end  or  face,  used 
  by  blacksmiths  and  other  workers  in  metals,  for  shaping  their 
  work  whether  sheet  metal  or  forging,  by  holding  the  swage 
  upon  the  work  or  the  work  upon  the  swage,  and  striking  with 
  a  sledge. 
 
  {Swage  block},  a  perforated  block  of  iron,  having  grooved 
  sides  and  adapted  for  use  in  heading  bolts  and  swaging 
  objects  of  large  size. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swage  \Swage\,  v.  t. 
  To  shape  by  means  of  a  swage;  to  fashion,  as  a  piece  of  iron, 
  by  forcing  it  into  a  groove  or  mold  having  the  required 
  shape. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swage 
  v  :  form  metals  with  a  swage  [syn:  {upset}] 




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