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drop forge
1noun
, Metalworking.
- a device for making large forgings in which a heavy object is allowed to fall vertically upon a piece of work placed on an anvil or between dies.
drop-forge
2[ drop-fawrj, -fohrj ]
verb (used with object)
, Metalworking.
, drop-forged, drop-forg·ing.
- to form in a drop forge.
drop forge
noun
- Also calleddrop hammer a device for forging metal between two dies, one of which is fixed, the other acting by gravity or by steam or hydraulic pressure
verb
- to forge (metal) into (a component) by the use of a drop forge
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- drop-forger noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drop forge1
First recorded in 1895–1900
Origin of drop forge2
First recorded in 1890–95
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