swedge

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Definition of swedge

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes.
  2. (Scotland, slang, uncountable)The drug MDMA.

verb

  1. To shape metal using a hammer or other force.
    “We are now enabled to present the plan of a machine of the full size for swedging common nails to the shape above mentioned, and which may be operated successfully by small boys of 8 or 10 years, and who could make a fair business at half a cent per lb.”
  2. (colloquial)To leave (a restaurant etc.) without paying.
  3. To fold under or round an object.
    “He bound them into a neat packet, swedging down the stiff, sticky oilcloth at the corners..”

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Etymology

Variant of English swage (“a groove, moulding; moulding tool”).

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