swedges

Verb

swedge (third-person singular simple present swedges, present participle swedging, simple past and past participle swedged)

1. To shape metal using a hammer or other force.
   • We are now enabled to present the plan of a machine of the full size for swedging common nails to the shape above mentioned, and which may be operated successfully by small boys of 8 or 10 years, and who could make a fair business at half a cent per lb.1846, editorial staff, “NAIL SWEDGING MACHINE”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 97
2. (colloquial) To leave (a restaurant etc.) without paying.
3. To fold under or round an object.
   • He bound them into a neat packet, swedging down the stiff, sticky oilcloth at the corners..1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 14, in Kim

See all 5 meanings of swedge