Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swage \Swage\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swaged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Swaging}.] [Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage.]
See {Assuage}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swage \Swage\, n.
A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used
by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their
work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage
upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with
a sledge.
{Swage block}, a perforated block of iron, having grooved
sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging
objects of large size.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swage \Swage\, v. t.
To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron,
by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required
shape.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swage
v : form metals with a swage [syn: {upset}]
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