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swage.

A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsweɪd͡ʒ//ˈswɛd͡ʒ/
  1. 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”).

verb/ˈsweɪd͡ʒ//ˈswɛd͡ʒ/
  1. To bend or shape through use of a swage.

    transitive
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”).

verb/ˈsweɪd͡ʒ//ˈswɛd͡ʒ/
  1. Obsolete form of assuage.

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From assuage by aphesis.

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