forgeryn.
/ˈfɔːdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfɔrdʒəri/ a. The action or craft of forging metal. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > forging or shaping
forginga1382
smithing?c1475
forgery1610
well working1667
smithying1842
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Hab. ii. 18 Because the forger therof hath hoped in his forgerie, to make dumme idols.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 131 Useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear. View more context for this quotation
b. concrete. A piece of forged work. rare.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > forging or shaping > product of
forgery1850
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 184 On his shield, stout forgery of brass..He shows..The terrible Sphynx.
2. Invention, excogitation; fictitious invention, fiction. Now only poetic. Formerly also with more reproachful sense: †Deception, lying; a fraudulent artifice, a deceit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > act of imagining
imagination1340
conceptiona1387
imaginingc1430
suppositiona1529
conceiving1559
picturing1562
conceiting1563
fancy1581
forgery1582
surmise1592
imagery1595
imaging1648
ideation1818
envisagement1877
visualizing1880
envisaging1883
visualization1883
envisioning1938
projecting1960
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
swikec893
swikedomc893
dwalec950
braida1000
falsec1000
flerdc1000
swikelnessa1023
fakenOE
chuffingc1175
fikenungc1175
bipechingc1200
treachery?c1225
falseshipc1230
guilec1230
telingc1230
swikeheada1250
craftc1275
felony1297
wrench1297
deceitc1300
gabc1300
guiling13..
guilery1303
quaintisec1325
wrenk1338
beswiking1340
falsehood1340
abetc1350
wissing1357
wilec1374
faitery1377
faiting1377
tregetryc1380
fallacec1384
trainc1390
coverture1393
facrere1393
ficklenessc1397
falsagea1400
tregeta1400
abusionc1405
blearingc1405
deceptionc1430
mean?c1430
tricotc1430
obreption1465
fallacy1481
japery1496
gauderya1529
fallax1530
conveyance1531
legerdemain1532
dole1538
trompe1547
joukery1562
convoyance1578
forgery1582
abetment1586
outreaching1587
chicanery1589
falsery1594
falsity1603
fubbery1604
renaldry1612
supercherie1621
circumduction1623
fobbinga1627
dice-play1633
beguile1637
fallaxitya1641
ingannation1646
hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > telling of falsehoods, lying
leasingc950
fablinga1300
lyinga1300
menteryc1450
blanching1581
forgery1582
whetstone-leasing1598
Creticism1614
mentition1656
falsehood1662
storytelling1681
mendaciloquencec1710
fibbing1749
economy of truth1796
fibbery1857
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun]
invention1526
forgery1582
fiction1605
romance1668
fabrication1790
whole cloth1823
concoction1831
fictionizing1938
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
wrenchc888
swikec893
braida1000
craftOE
wile1154
crookc1175
trokingc1175
guile?c1225
hocket1276
blink1303
errorc1320
guileryc1330
sleightc1340
knackc1369
deceitc1380
japec1380
gaudc1386
syllogism1387
mazec1390
mowa1393
train?a1400
trantc1400
abusionc1405
creekc1405
trickc1412
trayc1430
lirtc1440
quaint?a1450
touch1481
pawka1522
false point?1528
practice1533
crink1534
flim-flamc1538
bobc1540
fetcha1547
abuse1551
block1553
wrinklec1555
far-fetch?a1562
blirre1570
slampant1577
ruse1581
forgery1582
crank1588
plait1589
crossbite1591
cozenage1592
lock1598
quiblin1605
foist1607
junt1608
firk1611
overreach?1615
fob1622
ludification1623
knick-knacka1625
flam1632
dodge1638
gimcrack1639
fourbe1654
juggle1664
strategy1672
jilt1683
disingenuity1691
fun1699
jugglementa1708
spring1753
shavie1767
rig?1775
deception1794
Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
fake1829
practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 25 Hee fabled sundrye reportes, Mee to trap in matters of state, with forgerye knauish.
1599 W. Shakespeare in W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. A3 Vnskilfull in the worlds false forgeries.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 75 So farre he topt me thought, That I in forgerie of shapes and tricks Come short of what he did. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. iii. 175 To sooth your Forgery, and his. View more context for this quotation
1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 61 in Purple Island My never-slak't desire Will cast to prove by welcome forgerie, That for my absence I am much the nigher.
1782 W. Cowper Retirement in Poems 323 [Speaking of insanity] 'Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes.
3.
a. The making of a thing in fraudulent imitation of something; also, esp. the forging, counterfeiting, or falsifying of a document. For the use in Law see quot. 1769.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun]
counterfeiturec1325
adulteration1502
sophistication1564
falsification1565
counterfeisance1590
forgery1594
fausonry1647
alchemisting1649
counterfacture1682
coinage1693
counterfeiting1697
faking1819
counterfeit1843
doctoring1963
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun]
counterfeiting1561
forger1562
forging1594
fausonry1647
forgery1696
fabrication1790
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G3 Guilty of treason, forgerie, and shift. View more context for this quotation
1605 S. Rowlands Hell's broke Loose 5 Manes..published a fift Gospell of his owne forgerie.
1696 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 169 Severall very notorious acts of forgery haveing been proved against Dean.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 40 The..art..of raising a kind of enthusiasm..in his army, by the forgery of auspices and divine admonitions.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 245 Forgery, or the crimen falsi..‘the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right.’
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxvii. 157 In their eyes..I write essays; and, with deliberate forgery, sign to them my pupils' names.
1883 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 842 It was natural that literary forgery should thrive.
b. The fact of being forged. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > quality of
counterfeitness1557
adulteration1609
supposititiousness1638
apocryphalness1641
adulterateness1655
forgery1665
falsity1678
spuriousness1818
spuriosity1863
1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 83 A sign of the forgery of the whole Prophecy.
1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 756/1 The forgery of the Tabula Marliana is now generally admitted.
c. concrete. Something forged, counterfeited, or fabricated; a spurious production.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged
falsehood1340
counterfeiture1548
forgery1574
bastard1581
man of straw1599
counterfeit1613
imitationa1616
mock1646
pasteboard1648
sophistication1664
imposture1699
fraud1725
sham1728
adulteration1756
falsity1780
duff1781
shim-sham1797
shammy1822
Hodge-razor1843
pinchbeck1847
shice1859
cook-up1865
postiche1876
fakery1880
fake1883
bogosity1893
spuriosity1894
dud1897
cluck1904
rake-up1957
bodgie1988
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 25 Their wicked forgeries.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 47 A pure tyrannical forgery of the Prelats.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 99 A manifest forgery was attested by a person of the most sacred character.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. iv. 92 He told several people in confidence that forgeries of their notes were abroad.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 4 That..one of the most excellent writings bearing the name of Plato should be a forgery..would be a singular phenomenon in ancient literature.
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