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Webster 1913 Edition

Forge

Forge

(fōrj)
,
Noun.
[F.
forge
, fr. L.
fabrica
the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr.
faber
artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. [GREEK] soft, tender. Cf.
Fabric
.]
1.
A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.
In the quick
forge
and working house of thought.
Shakespeare
2.
The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.
3.
The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metallic bodies.
[Obs.]
In the greater bodies the
forge
was easy.
Bacon.
American forge
,
a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
Raymond.
–
Catalan forge
.
(Metal.)
See under
Catalan
.
–
Forge cinder
,
the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.
–
Forge rolls
,
Forge train
,
the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars.
–
Forge wagon
(Mil.)
,
a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith’s forge and tools.
–
Portable forge
,
a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.

Forge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Forged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Forging
.]
[F.
forger
, OF.
forgier
, fr. L.
fabricare
,
fabricari
, to form, frame, fashion, from
fabrica
. See
Forge
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Fabricate
.]
1.
To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
Mars's armor
forged
for proof eterne.
Shakespeare
2.
To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
Those names that the schools
forged
, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.
Locke.
Do
forge
a life-long trouble for ourselves.
Tennyson.
3.
To coin.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
4.
To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.
That paltry story is untrue,
And
forged
to cheat such gulls as you.
Hudibras.
Syn. – To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.

Forge

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Forge
,
Verb.
T.
, and for sense 2, cf.
Forge
compel.]
1.
To commit forgery.
2.
(Naut.)
To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; – used especially in the phrase to forge ahead.
Totten.
And off she [a ship]
forged
without a shock.
De Quincey.

Forge

,
Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To impel forward slowly;
as, to
forge
a ship forward
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Forge

FORGE

,
Noun.
[L. ferrum, iron.]
1.
A furnace in which iron or other metal is heated and hammered into form. A larger forge is called with us iron-works. Smaller forges consisting of a bellows so placed as to cast a stream of air upon ignited coals, are of various forms and users. Armies have travelling forges, for repairing gun-carriages, &c.
2.
Any place where any thing is made or shaped.
3.
The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalline bodies.
In the greater bodies the forge was easy.

FORGE

, v.t.
1.
To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
2.
To make by any means.
Names that the schools forged, and put into the mouths of scholars.
3.
To make falsely; to falsify; to counterfeit; to make in the likeness of something else; as, to forge coin; to forge a bill of exchange or a receipt.

Definition 2024

forge

forge

See also: forgé

English

Noun

forge ‎(plural forges)

  1. Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
  2. Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
  3. The act of beating or working iron or steel.
    • Francis Bacon
      In the greater bodies the forge was easy.
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Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico ‎(“to frame, construct, build”).

Verb

forge ‎(third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)

  1. (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
    • William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
      Mars's armor forged for proof eterne
    • 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapterII:
      Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  2. To form or create with concerted effort.
    The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.‎
    • John Locke (1632-1705)
      Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.
    • Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
      […] do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
  3. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
    He had to forge his ex-wife's signature.  The jury learned the documents had been forged.‎
  4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Make way, move ahead, most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in referrence to vessels.

Verb

forge ‎(third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)

  1. (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
    The party of explorers forged through the thick underbrush.
    We decided to forge ahead with our plans even though our biggest underwriter backed out.
    • De Quincey
      And off she [a ship] forged without a shock.
  2. (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
    With seconds left in the race, the runner forged into first place.
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French

Etymology

From Old French forge, from earlier faverge, inherited from Latin fābrica. Doublet of fabrique, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

Noun

forge f ‎(plural forges)

  1. forge (workshop)
  2. forge (furnace)

Verb

forge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forger
  2. third-person singular present indicative of forger
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of forger
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of forger
  5. second-person singular imperative of forger

Old French

Etymology

From older faverge, from Latin fābrica.

Noun

forge f ‎(oblique plural forges, nominative singular forge, nominative plural forges)

  1. forge (workshop)

Descendants

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica ‎(“workshop”), from faber ‎(“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge.

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