English-Thai Dictionary
swage
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SWAGE
v.t.[probably allied to swag and weak; from falling or throwing down. ] To ease; to soften; to mitigate. Apt words have power to swage
The tumors of a troubled mind.
[See Assuage, which is the word now used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SWAGE
Swage, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaging.]Etym: [Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage. ]
Defn: See Assuage. [Obs. ]
SWAGE
SWAGE Swage, n.
Defn: 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 block, a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging objects of large size.
SWAGE
SWAGE Swage, v. t.
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
swage
swage |swāj sweɪʤ | ▶noun 1 a shaped tool or die for giving a desired form to metal by hammering or pressure. 2 a groove, ridge, or other molding on an object. ▶verb [ with obj. ] shape (metal ) using a swage, esp. in order to reduce its cross section. • [ with adverbial ] join (metal pieces ) together by this process. ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 of the noun ): from Old French souage ‘decorative groove, ’ of unknown origin.
swage block
swage block ▶noun a grooved or perforated block for shaping metal.
Oxford Dictionary
swage
swage |sweɪdʒ | ▶noun 1 a shaped tool or die for giving a desired form to metal by hammering or pressure. 2 a groove, ridge, or other moulding on an object. ▶verb [ with obj. ] shape (metal ) using a swage, especially in order to reduce its cross section. • join (metal pieces ) together by this process. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun ): from Old French souage ‘decorative groove ’, of unknown origin.
swage block
swage block ▶noun a grooved or perforated block for shaping metal.
The Wordsmith Dictionary