forge (1)

i. & t. [Etym. doubtful; by some taken to be a special use of forge (2), by others as a corruption of force, v. (q. v.)] A. In trans.: To work or make way slowly and with difficulty; to move laboriously; with an adverb or preposition, as on, past, over, . B. Trans.: To force or drive forward; as, to forge a ship over a shoal. To forge ahead: Nautical: 1. To draw ahead; to move or pa slowly in front of some other ve el. IMG:content-0029.png:[blocks in formation] (2) To frame, to invent, to originate. "And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart." Cowper : Hope , 578. (3) To make falsely, to fabricate, to counterfeit, to coin. "The paltry story is untrue And forged to cheat such gulls as you." Butler: Hudibras , pt. ii., c. iii. II. Law : To counterfeit, alter, or make in the likene of something else with intent to defraud; to form or make wrongfully to resemble or in imitation of exchange. 3. To be united in marriage. "Fouk ay had best begin with dealing fair, Altho' they sud forgader ne'er sae bair." Ro : Helenore, p. 105. B. Trans.: To be friendly or intimate with. "The only one I ever did foregather."- Reade . Cloister and Hearth, ch. liv. for-gā ve, pret. of v. [FORGIVE.] *for-găv-el, s. [Pref. for- , and Eng. gavel ; Low Lat. forgabulum .] Eng . Law : A quitrent; a small reserved rent in money. ( Wharton .) for'ge, s. [Fr. forge, from Lat. fabric a =a workshop, from faber =a workman; Sp. & Port. forja.] I. Literally: 1. A building in which blacksmith's forges or furnaces are arranged. When on a large scale, fur IMG:content-0030.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0031.png:[blocks in formation] "To forge over is to force a ship violently over a shoal by the effort of a great quantity of sail."-Falconer. Marine Dict.