swage.
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
Meaning & usage
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To bend or shape through use of a swage.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Obsolete form of assuage.
Where this word comes from
From assuage by aphesis.
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