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drop forge

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drop forge

–noun Metalworking.
a device for making large forgings in which a heavy object is allowed to fall vertically upon a piece of work placed on an anvil or between dies.
Also called drop hammer, drop press.


Origin:
1895–1900

drop-forge

[drop-fawrj, -fohrj]
–verb (used with object), -forged, -forg⋅ing. Metalworking.
to form in a drop forge.

Origin:
1890–95


drop-forger, noun
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