swage

A tool used in bending or shaping cold metal.

A stamp or die for marking or shaping metal with a hammer.

A swage block.

To bend or shape by or as if by using a swage.

See suage.

A tool or die for imparting a given shape to metal when laid hot on an anvil, or in a stamping-press or drop-press, or between rolls.

A similar tool used for bending or twisting cold metal slightly, as for setting saws by bending one tooth at a time to the proper angle, or, in the making of vessels of tin-plate, for bending the metal slightly.

To shape by means of a swage. Also swedge.

A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge.

a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging objects of large size.