Definitions for swagesweɪdʒ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
swagesweɪdʒ(n.; v.)swaged, swag•ing.
(n.)a tool, die, or stamp for giving a particular shape to metal on an anvil, in a stamping press, etc.
Category: Metallurgy
(v.t.)to bend or shape by means of a swage.
Category: Metallurgy
Origin of swage:
1325–75; ME souage < MF (of uncert. orig.)
swag′er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
upset, swage(verb)
a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
swage, upset(verb)
form metals with a swage
Wiktionary
swage(Noun)
A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work.
swage(Verb)
To bend or shape using a swage
Webster Dictionary
Swage(u)
see Assuage
Swage(noun)
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(verb)
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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