Swage vs Sage - What's the difference?
swage | sage |
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for cold shaping of a metal item.
* 2003 , Gene Logsdon, The Pond Lovers , University of Georgia Press (2003), ISBN 0820324698,
* 2005 , Mike McCarthy, Ships' Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship , Texas A&M University Press (2005), ISBN 9781585444519,
* 2008 , Wilbur Cross, Gullah Culture in America , Praeger (2008), ISBN 9780275994501,
To bend or shape through use of a swage.
Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
As verbs the difference between swage and sage
is that swage is to bend or shape through use of a swage or swage can be while sage is first-person singular indicative present form of .As a noun swage
is a tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for cold shaping of a metal item.swage
English
(swaging)Etymology 1
From (etyl) souage.Noun
(en noun)page 45:
- "I made a swage and hammered out the test bars to the required .615 inch plus or minus .003, the thickness of a sheet of paper.
page 87:
- If he were making round or square-sectioned nails, the blacksmith also kept a "swage'" near the anvil. If different sizes, shapes, and heads were required, the nailor had a a number of '''swages''' or a number of holes in the one ' swage .
page 73:
- The blacksmith let me help out, hold the horse while he was putting the shoe on, turn the hand forge, clean up the shop. And after awhile he taught me names of everything. He'd say, 'Boy, hand me the three-inch swage ,' and I had to know just what he wanted. I learned that way."
Usage notes
A swage may be variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, but typically involves working with cold metal by forcing it into a (die).Verb
Etymology 2
From assuage by aphesis.Verb
Anagrams
*sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .