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▪ I. forger1|ˈfɔədʒə(r)|
[f. forge v. + -er1.]
One who forges, in senses of the vb.
1. A maker or framer (of something material or immaterial); an author or creator. Now only in bad sense, a fabricator, inventor (of false stories, etc.).
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 19 Joseph was a forgere of trees, þat is to seie a wriȝte. 1382― Job xiii. 4 Rathere shewende ȝou forgeris of lesingus. ― Eccl. xi. 5 God, that is forgere of alle thingus. a1541Wyatt Poet. Wks. (1861) 81 Your fault is forger of this note. 1563Winȝet Vinc. Lirin. Ded. Wks. (1887–8) II. 5 Al forgearis and manteaneris of schisme and errour. 1609Bible (Douay) Deut. xiii. 5 That prophete or forger of dreames. 1747West Resurrection 347 No Forger of Lies. 1805Wordsw. Prelude v. 523 Forgers of daring tales.
2. One who forges (metal) or works at a forge; a smith; † a coiner (of money); also, an owner of forges or rolling mills.
1382Wyclif Bible Pref. Ep. vi. 67 Forgers treten forgeable thingis. 1424Paston Lett. No. 4 I. 13 The forgeers and makers of the seyd billes. 1474Caxton Chesse iii. ii. E vj b, Forgers and makers of money. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) 19 Saynt Appellen was a forgeur of yren. a1605Montgomerie Misc. Poems xlii. 13 The forger when he feeds his fyre With sparks of water. a1679T. Goodwin Justif. Faith i. vi. Wks. (1697) IV. 29 Thus God is the immediate Forger of every Linke of that golden Chain. 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 879 The brawny forger. 1858Greener Gunnery 91 The inventors, forgers, and finishers of this great gun. 1884Manch. Exam. 13 Sept. 4/7 A file forger. 1891Daily News 26 Oct. 2/6 Forgers say that they could do much more work if it was forthcoming.
3. One who makes fraudulent imitations (of documents, coins, etc.); a counterfeiter.
1552Huloet, Forger of dedes or wrytynges, falsarius subiector. 1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Adulterator monetæ..a forgier or false coynar of mony. a1680Butler Sat. Plagiaries 12 Rem. 1749 I. 168 Mark them with characters and brands Like other forgers of men's hands. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. Rom. i. 11 The forger of the epistle..inserted in it the passage upon which our observations are founded. 1791Burke Let. Member Nat. Assembly Wks. VI. 18 Forgers of paper currency. 1859Dickens T. Two Cities ii. i, The forger was put to Death. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 22 Whether we can attribute the worst parts of a work to a forger and the best to a great writer..depends.
▪ II. † ˈforger2 Law. Obs. rare—1.
[a. AF. forger = forge v.1; see -er4.]
The action of forging. (Cowel 1607, and some later writers who quote the statute, have mistaken the word for prec. n.)
1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 14 §4 The Party..grieved..shall..sue his Action of Forger of false Deeds upon this Statute. 1641Termes de la Ley 164 b, Forger of false Deeds..is used in our Law for the fraudulent making and publishing of false writings to the prejudice of another mans right. |