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swage  (swj)

n.

1. A tool used in bending or shaping cold metal.

2. A stamp or die for marking or shaping metal with a hammer.

3. A swage block.

tr.v. swaged, swag·ing, swag·es

To bend or shape by or as if by using a swage.

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[Middle English, ornamental border, from Old French souage.]

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swage [sweɪdʒ]

n

1. (Engineering / Tools) a shaped tool or die used in forming cold metal by hammering, pressing, etc.

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a decorative moulding

vb

(Engineering / Tools) (tr) to form (metal) with a swage

[from French souage, of unknown origin]

swager  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swage - a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging upset tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Verb	1.	swage - form metals with a swage upset shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"