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Portable forge
(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.
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In the quick forge and working house of thought.
--Shak.
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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.
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3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the
manufacture of metallic bodies. [Obs.]
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In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon.
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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.
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Portable forge
(gcide) | Portable \Port"a*ble\, a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry:
cf. F. portable. See Port demeanor.]
1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported;
conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk,
engine. --South.
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2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.]
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How light and portable my pain seems now! --Shak.
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Portable forge. See under Forge.
Portable steam engine. See under Steam engine.
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