A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.
The act of beating or working iron or steel.
In the greater bodies the forge was easy.
To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
On Mars's armor forged for proof eterne
To form or create with concerted effort.
A surname from Old French.
From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Prove...
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The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
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.