[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forge \forge\ f=orj, 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
see also:
fabric american forge catalan forge catalan forge cinder forge rolls 
forge train forge wagon portable forge 

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