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"You want a good rough suit, for the forge is a dirty place I thought I told you I did not intend to work for you, Mr. Bickford That's what you said, but I don't take no stock in it.

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  1. noun A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.
  2. noun A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
  3. transitive verb To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.

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  • Tents and a forge were at once set up on the shore, and the carpenter, blacksmith, and others to assist, were speedily busy repairing the damage the ship had received. —  Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold
  • I had to contend with various disadvantages; my forge was a rude one, my tools might have been better; I was in want of one or two highly necessary implements, but, above all, manual dexterity. —  Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
  • "You want a good rough suit, for the forge is a dirty place I thought I told you I did not intend to work for you, Mr. Bickford That's what you said, but I don't take no stock in it. —  The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
  • Four young mules drawing our battery-forge were stampeded by these shells and ran off through the woods, thus affording Pleasants, our blacksmith, entertainment for the rest of the night Firing ceased on both sides at about eight o'clock, and we passed through the woods to our left and went into park on the opposite side. —  The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson
  • Jack felt better satisfied about his appearance when he found how dark and shadowy the parlor was; and he felt still better when he saw his father dressed as if he were going over to work at the forge, all but the leather apron The elder did not seem disturbed. —  Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way
 

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anvil ·  furnace ·  smithy ·  tongs ·  hearth ·  kiln ·  workshop ·  chimney ·  stave ·  brazier ·  vise ·  mill

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forge:   forging ·  forged ·  forges
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *faurga, from Latin fabrica, from faber, worker.
  2. Probably from forge1.

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  1. from Middle English forge, from Old French forge, French forge = Provencal farga = Spanish Portuguese forja (Italian dial. forgia, from F.), from Latin fabrica, a workshop, also a fabric, from faber, a smith, an artisan: see fabric
  2. from Middle English forgen, forge (metals), form, devise, make falsely, from Old French forgier, forger, French forger = Provencal fargar = Spanish Portuguese forjar, from Latin fabricari, fabricare, make (out of wood, stone, metal, etc.), frame, construct, from fabrica, a workshop, also a fabric:, structure, etc.: see forge, n., and fabricate.
  3. Origin not clear; perhaps a nautical corruption of force (first as transitive verb!); cf. English dial. carcaje for carcass, dispoge, dispoje, for dispose.
  4. Prob. a particular use of forge, v., 1, in allusion to the clicking sound.
 

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