▪ I. forging, vbl. n.1
(ˈfɔədʒɪŋ)
[f. forge v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. forge in various senses; an instance of the same. Also, used gerundially with the omission of in.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xxxii. 8 In forging [1388 the making] of gold signe is of a smaragd. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 100 Þe craft of fforgynge. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. clxx. 208 Forgyng of moneys. a 1568 R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 120 Which tooles..be not of myne owne forging. 1594 West 2nd Pt. Symbol. ii. Indict. §66 Forging of false and fraudulent writings. 1667 Oldenburg in Phil. Trans. II. 415 The melting, forging, and tempering of it [iron]. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. viii. 36 In this great elaboratory of nature, a thousand benefits and calamities are forging. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts, etc. 703 The forging and drawing out of the iron. |
b. concr. A product of forging; a forged mass (of iron, etc.).
| 1858 Greener Gunnery 95 The skill..displayed in welding large forgings of wrought iron into shafts. 1882 Worc. Exhib. Catal. iii. 15 Tyres and forging of Whitworth steel. |
2. attrib., as forging-hammer, forging-mill.
| 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 906 Forging-hammer, a hammer used by gold-beaters. 1887 J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 73 The requisite water-power for forging or other mills. |
▪ II. forging, vbl. n.2
[f. forge v.3 + -ing1.]
= clicking vbl. n. b.
| 1831 [see clicking vbl. n. b]. 1892 in Funk's Stand. Dict., In forging, a horse merely hits one of his forward shoes with his hind shoes, making a disagreeable noise. 1963 Bloodgood & Santini Horseman's Dict. 9 Forging or clicking: when the foreshoe strikes the hind shoe on the same side. |
▪ III. forging, ppl. a.
(ˈfɔədʒɪŋ)
[f. as forging vbl. n.1 + -ing2.]
That forges, in senses of the vb.
| 1592 Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 729 Till forging nature be condemn'd of treason. 1679 Dryden & Lee Œdipus iv. Wks. 1883 VI. 204 Let..not a greybeard forging priest come near. 1739 G. Ogle Gualth. & Gris. 66 A forging Hand he found, and scheming Head. |