swage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
    upset.
  2. verb form metals with a swage
    upset.

WordNet

Swage transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Swaged ; present participle & verbal noun Swaging
Definitions
  1. See Assuage. Obs.
Swage noun
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913