'Forging' definitions:

Definition of 'forging'

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noun
Shaping metal by heating and hammering

Definition of 'Forging'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Forging'

From: GCIDE
  • 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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