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swage

noun /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/

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

    "I made a swage and hammered out the test bars to the required .615 inch plus or minus .003, the thickness of a sheet of paper. […]

Where it 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”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry swage (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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