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 Definitions of swage  [ɪdʒ]  

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Definition of 'swage' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) swage
a tool, die, or stamp for giving a particular shape to metal on an anvil, in a stamping press, etc.

2. (v.t.) swage
to bend or shape by means of a swage.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME souage < MF (of uncert. orig.))

Definition of 'swage' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) upset, swage
a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

2. (verb) swage, upset
form metals with a swage


Definition of 'swage' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) swage
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

2.  swage
see Assuage

3. (verb) swage
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



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