Forge
- Forge
- Forge Forge (f[=o]rj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the
workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber
artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft,
tender. Cf. {Fabric}.]
1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are
wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace,
or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and
wrought; a smithy.
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In the quick forge and working house of thought.
--Shak.
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2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the
ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and
shingling; a shingling mill.
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3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the
manufacture of metallic bodies. [Obs.]
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In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.
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{American forge}, a forge for the direct production of
wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly
in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
--Raymond.
{Catalan forge}. (Metal.) See under {Catalan}.
{Forge cinder}, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.
{Forge rolls}, {Forge train}, the train of rolls by which a
bloom is converted into puddle bars.
{Forge wagon} (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a
blackmith's forge and tools.
{Portable forge}, a light and compact blacksmith's forge,
with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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forge — [ fɔrʒ ] n. f. • XIIe aussi faverge; provenç. faurga, du lat. fabrica « atelier » 1 ♦ Cour. Atelier où l on travaille les métaux au feu et au marteau. Artisans, ouvriers d une forge. ⇒ forgeron. Forge d orfèvre, de serrurier. Forge de maréchal… … Encyclopédie Universelle
forge — [fɔːdʒ ǁ fɔːrdʒ] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to produce a document or money that is not Genuine (= real), or to sign something with a false name: • They had forged some company documents and set up phoney ( … Financial and business terms
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Forge — Forge, v. i. [See {Forge}, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. {Forge} compel.] 1. To commit forgery. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one s way, as one ship in outsailing another; used… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forgé — forgé, ée (for jé, jée) part. passé de forger. 1° Travaillé à la forge. Fer forgé. 2° Fig. Un mot forgé, mot inventé, fabriqué. Écrit forgé, écrit supposé, qui porte une fausse attribution. • Il [Charles XII] les appela médiateurs… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
forge — ‘make’ [13] and forge ahead [17] are two quite distinct and unrelated words in English. The former’s now common connotation of ‘faking’ is in fact a purely English development (dating from the late 14th century) in a word whose relatives in other … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
forge — forge·a·bil·i·ty; forge·able; forge·man; forge; re·forge; … English syllables