"I made a swage and hammered out the test bars to the required .615 inch plus or minus .003, the thickness of a sheet of paper. […]
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Swage
//ˈsweɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "swage" (3 found)
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Translations
26 translations across 5 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sneedhamer noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пуансон noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
- щампосвам verb (to bend or shape through use of a swage)
Catalan
1 entries- estampidor noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
Dutch
1 entries- sneedhamer noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
German
4 entries- Form noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
- Formgesenk noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
- Formwerkzeug noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
- Gesenk noun (tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
If he were making round or square-sectioned nails, the blacksmith also kept a "swage" near the anvil. If different sizes, shapes, and heads were required, the nailor had a number of swages or a number of holes in the one swage.
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[…] The blacksmith let me help out, hold the horse while he was putting the shoe on, turn the hand forge, clean up the shop. And after awhile he taught me names of everything. He'd say, 'Boy, hand me the three-inch swage,' and I had to know just what he wanted. I learned that way."
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apt words have power to swage
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