swage
pronunciation
How to pronounce swage in British English:
UK [sweɪdʒ]
How to pronounce swage in American English:
US [sweɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
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- Verb:
- form metals with a swage
Word Origin
- swage (v.)
- "to shape or bend by use of a tool," 1831, from swage (n.), also swedge, "tool or die for bending cold metal" (1812), from French suage, according to Century Dictionary from suer "to sweat." Uncertain connection to swage "ornamental moulding" (late 14c.), from Old French souage (Modern French suage), which, according to Klein, is from soue "rope," from Vulgar Latin *soca, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Breton sug "cord").
Example
- 1. The second revolution for tube swage connections .
- 2. This insures that the swage head and rotation mechanism stay lubricated for long lasting , trouble free opperation .
- 3. Chemical forms of heavy metals in swage - irrigated paddy soil in guixi city .