swedge
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of swedge
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes.
- (Scotland, slang, uncountable)The drug MDMA.
verb
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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.”
- (colloquial)To leave (a restaurant etc.) without paying.
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To fold under or round an object.
“He bound them into a neat packet, swedging down the stiff, sticky oilcloth at the corners..”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Variant of English swage (“a groove, moulding; moulding tool”).
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