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swage

UK/ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈswɛd͡ʒ/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

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verb

1.

form metals with a swage

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English swage, 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”).

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