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swage¹

  • /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
  • /ˈswɛd͡ʒ/

Sounds like suage, swedge · Rhymes with -eɪdʒ, -ɛdʒ

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”).

noun swages

  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. […]

verb swages · swaging · swaged

  1. transitive To bend or shape through use of a swage.

swage²

  • /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
  • /ˈswɛd͡ʒ/

Sounds like suage, swedge · Rhymes with -eɪdʒ, -ɛdʒ

Where it comes from

From assuage by aphesis.

verb swages · swaging · swaged · suage

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of assuage apt words have power to swage

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noun tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item

DeutschGesenk, Formgesenk, Stanze, Form, Matrize, Schmiedegesenk

verb to bend or shape through use of a swage

Deutschstauchen, pressen, stanzen, sicken, kneten, prägen

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@misc{swage_2026,
  title = {swage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}