| slovo | definícia |
Forge rolls
(gcide) | Forge \Forge\ (f[=o]rj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the
workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber
artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft,
tender. Cf. Fabric.]
1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are
wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace,
or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and
wrought; a smithy.
[1913 Webster]
In the quick forge and working house of thought.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the
ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and
shingling; a shingling mill.
[1913 Webster]
3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the
manufacture of metallic bodies. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
American forge, a forge for the direct production of
wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly
in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
--Raymond.
Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan.
Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.
Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a
bloom is converted into puddle bars.
Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a
blackmith's forge and tools.
Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge,
with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
[1913 Webster] |
| |