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forge noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Proto-Romance from Latin fabrica trade, workshop, fabric.]
A smithy. ME.
Jo Grimond A blacksmith's forge in which the smith in leather apron hammered out red-hot horse-shoes.
Manufacture, construction; style of construction, make, workmanship. LME-L17.
A blacksmith's hearth or fireplace with attached bellows, used for heating iron to make it malleable. L15.
fig.: W. M. Praed In laboured phrase and polished lie Wrought by the forge of flattery.
A hearth or furnace for melting or refining metals; a workshop etc. where this is done. L15.
Comb.: forge-man a worker in a forge, a blacksmith; forge-master the manager or owner of a forge.