I. ˈswāj verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English swagen, from Old French souagier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin suaviare, -suaviare, from Latin suavis sweet — more at sweet
transitive verb
archaic : assuage
quench my flames, and swage these scorching fires — Francis Quarles
intransitive verb
obsolete : decrease , abate
would swell and swage , according to the tides — Cotton Mather
II. “, -wej noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French souaige, souage
1. obsolete : a decorative border of grooving or molding (as on a candlestick)
2. : any of several variously shaped or grooved tools: as
a. : a tool used by metalworkers to shape material to a desired form
b. : a tool used to set the teeth of a circular or band saw
c. : a tool used to form bullets
d. : a tool used to straighten damaged casing or pipe in a drilled oil well
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to shape by or as if by means of a swage: as
a. : to stretch or taper (metal or plastic) by high speed hammering
b. : to form (a bullet) with a swage
c. : swage-set
d. : to shape to the form of a model, cast, or die by compressive force
porcelain teeth … soldered to gold plates swaged to fit the mouth — F.L.Hise
e. : to weld by pressure or hammering
bushings … swaged on preformed … stainless steel wire rope — Industrial Equipment News
f. : to fuse (a strand of suture silk) onto the end of a suture needle