forging

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. shaping metal by heating and hammering
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Forge \Forge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forged; p. pr. & vb. n. Forging.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See Forge, n., and cf. Fabricate.]

1.To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal. [1913 Webster]

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent. [1913 Webster]

Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

3.To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

4.To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document. [1913 Webster]

That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you.— Hudibras.[1913 Webster]
Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.— Macaulay.

Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify. [1913 Webster]

Forging \For"ging\, n.

1.The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing. [1913 Webster]

2.The act of counterfeiting. [1913 Webster]

3.(Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel. [1913 Webster]

There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out.— London Times.[1913 Webster]
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