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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Latin ''fabrica'', from ''fabr''-, ''faber'' smith | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Latin ''fabrica'', from ''fabr''-, ''faber'' smith |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy | | *1: a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
− | *2: a workshop where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron wrought iron] is produced or where iron is made malleable | + | *2: a workshop where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron wrought iron] is produced or where iron is made malleable |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | A '''forge''' is a [[hearth]] used for heating metals, or the workplace ("smithy") where the hearth is located. The forge is used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_(metalwork) smith] to [[heat]] a piece of metal to a [[temperature]] where it becomes easier to shape, or to the point where work hardening no longer occurs. The metal (known as the "workpiece") is transported to and from the forge using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongs tongs], which are also used to hold the workpiece on the smithy's [[anvil]] while the smith works it with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer hammer]. Finally the workpiece is transported to the slack tub, which rapidly cools the workpiece in a large body of [[water]]. The slack tub also provides water to control the fire in the forge.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge] | + | A '''forge''' is a [[hearth]] used for heating metals, or the workplace ("smithy") where the hearth is located. The forge is used by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_(metalwork) smith] to [[heat]] a piece of metal to a [[temperature]] where it becomes easier to shape, or to the point where work hardening no longer occurs. The metal (known as the "workpiece") is transported to and from the forge using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongs tongs], which are also used to hold the workpiece on the smithy's [[anvil]] while the smith works it with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer hammer]. Finally the workpiece is transported to the slack tub, which rapidly cools the workpiece in a large body of [[water]]. The slack tub also provides water to control the fire in the forge.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge] |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |