Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forging"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forge \Forge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Forging}.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare,
fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See
{Forge}, n., and cf. {Fabricate}.]
1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any
particular shape, as a metal.

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.

2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to
invent.

Those names that the schools forged, and put into
the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance
into common use. --Locke.

Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
--Tennyson.

3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or
not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a
signature, or a signed document.

That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat
such gulls as you. --Hudibras.

Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.
--Macaulay.

Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Forging \For"ging\, n.
1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

2. The act of counterfeiting.

3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name
for a piece of hammered iron or steel.

There are very few yards in the world at which such
forgings could be turned out. --London
Times.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

forging
n : shaping metal by heating and hammering


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