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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin faber 'person who works with metal, smith'

forge

2 noun
     
Related topics: Industry
forge2 [countable]
1TI a place where metal is heated and shaped into objects
2TI a large piece of equipment that produces high temperatures, used for heating and shaping metal objects
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