Forged
[fɔːdʒd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Forge
Typed by Judy
Examples
- The steel for the manufacture of dies is carefully selected, forged at a high heat into the rough die, softened by careful annealing, and then handed over to the engraver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They forged the direct primary and the State University out of the impetus within themselves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Who shall tell how He between whom and the Woman God put enmity forged deadly plots to break the bond or defile its purity? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Forged weight of shaft, 133,400 pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This may be a false alarm, or a forged letter, said De Bracy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Papers can be forged, the officer said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Forged dimensions: outside diameter, 141 inches; inside diameter, 131 inches; width, 51 inches. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After heating, the ingot is placed under a 14,000-ton hydraulic forging press and forged to the required dimensions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- YERSTED That will be the simpler way to return, I said, smiling, as I handed the forged order to the boy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Out of men's afflictions and affections were forged the rivets of their servitude. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A built-up gun is made of several layers of forged steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Go and see the president of the bank which paid the forged checks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the field magnets of his dynamo he constructed the cores and yoke of forged iron having a very large cross-section, which was a new thing in those days. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The heavy cannon of recent times are not cast, as of old, but are made of forged-steel by what is known as the building-up process. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The block has a hole bored through its center, and in this the mandrel is inserted, the tube being forged around it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cores were made of cast iron, others of forged iron; and still others of sheets of iron of various thicknesses separated from each other by paper or paint. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The old man in his dreams of the past rejoices in his achievements, for he has stolen the fires of Prometheus and forged anew the thunderbolts of Jove for the arts of peace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Modern heavy guns are made of medium open-hearth carbon steel, forged as stated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He forged wills, this blade did, if he didn't also put the supposed testators to sleep too. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Its hammer head, in the working-machine, weighs 125 tons, and many of the seventeen inch thick armor plates for our battleships have been forged by its tremendous blows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Upon a low-hanging branch sat Tarzan directly above the majestic, supple body as it forged silently through the thick jungle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I have forged and tested every link of my chain, Professor Coram, and I am sure that it is sound. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Made-up ammunition, with brass cartridge cases, and cast-iron and forged steel shells and armor-piercing projectiles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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