swage (sw j)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. [Middle English, ornamental border, from Old French souage.] |
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
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| 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 swagingtool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
| Verb | 1. | swage - form metals with a swage |
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