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forgeOpen furnace for heating metal ore and metal for working and forming, or a workshop containing forge hearths and related equipment. From earliest times, smiths (see smithing) heated iron in forges and formed it by hammering on an anvil. A bellows operated by an assistant or by a foot treadle provided the forced draft for raising the temperature of the fire. Later, a waterwheel or animal power was often used to operate the bellows; modern forges have mechanically powered bellows or rotary blowers. |
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| Joe's forge adjoined our house, which was a wooden house, as many of the dwellings in our country were - most of them, at that time. My master went with me to the smith's forge, to see that I was not hurt or got any fright. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance. |
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