A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.
A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
v.
forged, forg·ing, forg·es
v.
tr.
To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.
To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press.
To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort: forge a treaty; forge a close relationship.
To fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes; counterfeit: forge a signature.
v.
intr.
To work at a forge or smithy.
To make a forgery or counterfeit.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *faurga, from Latin fabrica, from faber, worker.] forge'a·bil'i·ty n., forge'a·ble adj., forg'er n.
(fôrj, fōrj) 