swage
/ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
swage noun: a tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item. Also the obsolete form of assuage.
Noun
swage (plural swages)
- A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
- "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. […]2003, Gene Logsdon, The Pond Lovers, University of Georgia Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 45
- 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.2005, Mike McCarthy, Ships' Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship, Texas A&M University Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 87
Verb
swage (third-person singular simple present swages, present participle swaging, simple past and past participle swaged)
Also used as
swage is also the obsolete form of assuage.
Forms of swage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | swages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | swages |
| present participle | swaging |
| past participle | swaged |
| past | swaged |
| alternative form | suage |
Origin of swage
Inherited from Middle English swage, from Middle French souage, from Old French souage (“decorative groove”), from soue (“rope”), from Vulgar Latin *soca, from Gaulish *souca (“cord”), from Proto-Celtic *soukā, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to twist, bend”).
From assuage by aphesis.
Words formed from swage
Phrases with swage
Words that rhyme with swage
Questions about swage
- What does swage mean?
- Swage means a tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
- What part of speech is swage?
- Swage can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce swage?
- Swage is pronounced /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of swage?
- The plural of swage is swages.
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