swage block (swajblok)

A heavy block of iron, perforated with holes of different sizes and shapes, and variously grooved on the sides: used for heading bolts, and swaging objects of larger size than can be worked on an anvil in the ordinary way. E. H. Knight. swaggerl (swag'er), v. [Freq. of swag.] I. in trans. 1. To strut with a OTO Swage-block. defiant or insolent air, or with an obtrusive affectation of superiority. Here comes swaggering along the pavement a military gentleman in a be frogged. W. Besant , Fifty Years Ago, p. 51. 2. To boast or brag noisily; bluster; bully; hector. A rascal that swaggered with me [that is, tried to bully me] last night. Shak ., Hen. V., iv. 7. 131. It was something to swagger about when they were together after their second bottle of claret. Disraeli . ( Imp . Dict .) 6096 II. trans. To influence by blustering or threats; bully. Can we not live in compa e of the Law, But must be swaggered out on 't? Heywood , Fair Maid of the West (Works, ed. 1874, II. 279). He would swagger the boldest man into a dread of his power. Swift , Account of Court and Empire of Japan.