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==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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*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
==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]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*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
==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]
[[Category: General Reference]]
