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▪ I. forging, vbl. n.1|ˈfɔədʒɪŋ|
[f. forge v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. forge in various senses; an instance of the same. Also, used gerundially with the omission of in.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xxxii. 8 In forging [1388 the making] of gold signe is of a smaragd. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 100 Þe craft of fforgynge. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. clxx. 208 Forgyng of moneys. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 120 Which tooles..be not of myne owne forging. 1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol. ii. Indict. §66 Forging of false and fraudulent writings. 1667Oldenburg in Phil. Trans. II. 415 The melting, forging, and tempering of it [iron]. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. viii. 36 In this great elaboratory of nature, a thousand benefits and calamities are forging. 1839Ure Dict. Arts, etc. 703 The forging and drawing out of the iron.
b. concr. A product of forging; a forged mass (of iron, etc.).
1858Greener Gunnery 95 The skill..displayed in welding large forgings of wrought iron into shafts. 1882Worc. Exhib. Catal. iii. 15 Tyres and forging of Whitworth steel.
2. attrib., as forging-hammer, forging-mill.
1874Knight Dict. Mech. I. 906 Forging-hammer, a hammer used by gold-beaters. 1887J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 73 The requisite water-power for forging or other mills.
▪ II. forging, vbl. n.2
[f. forge v.3 + -ing1.]
= clicking vbl. n. b.
1831[see clicking vbl. n. b]. 1892in Funk's Stand. Dict., In forging, a horse merely hits one of his forward shoes with his hind shoes, making a disagreeable noise. 1963Bloodgood & Santini Horseman's Dict. 9 Forging or clicking: when the foreshoe strikes the hind shoe on the same side.
▪ III. forging, ppl. a.|ˈfɔədʒɪŋ|
[f. as forging vbl. n.1 + -ing2.]
That forges, in senses of the vb.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 729 Till forging nature be condemn'd of treason. 1679Dryden & Lee Œdipus iv. Wks. 1883 VI. 204 Let..not a greybeard forging priest come near. 1739G. Ogle Gualth. & Gris. 66 A forging Hand he found, and scheming Head. |