swedgen.
/swɛdʒ/ = swage n.2 2b. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > for bending cold metal
swage1812
swedge1825
bending cradle1874
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Swedge, an iron chisel with a bevelled edge, used for making the groove round the shoe of a horse, Roxb. To Swedge, to make a groove in a horse-shoe for receiving the nails... This is done by such a chisel as that above described.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 181 This shell is found to be rather uncertain in exploding, therefore Forsyth brought out the swedge shell as an improvement.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 181 The base of the bullet is..passed through a screw swedge, which..makes the bullet appear as one piece.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 234 The ‘swedge,’ ‘crease,’ or ‘concave tool,’..is a mould through which the hot bar is pulled by the smith, whilst it is hammered by the striker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
swedgev.
/swɛdʒ/ transitive. = swage v.3 (also transferred to double back or round an object). Also (U.S. Nautical slang. rare) intransitive, to go off or depart without paying.
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society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > be unpaid (of money, wages, etc.) [verb (intransitive)] > leave without paying
to pay with the fore-topsail1834
to jump one's bill1888
swedge1897
to skip (one's) bail1900
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1079 A blade of rolled cast-steel swedged into a form.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1079 The swedged or moulded back.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 181 Two pairs of moulds and one swedging machine.
1884 J. H. Walsh Mod. Sportsman's Gun II. 314 Conical [bullets]..may be ‘swedged’ or driven into a suitably constructed die by blows upon a punch applied to the base of the bullet.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous v. 124 ‘Seems kinder unneighbourly to let 'em swedge off like this,’ Salters suggested, feeling in his pockets.
1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv. 363 He bound them into a neat packet, swedging down the stiff, sticky oilcloth at the corners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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