[f. SWAGE sb.2 and v.3 + -ED.]
† 1. Having a swage or ornamental groove, molding, etc. Obs.
1587. in Surrey Archæol. Coll., III. 164. I bequeathe to said Elizabeth my daughter … ii gobletts of silver swaged.
1490. in Somerset Med. Wills (1901), 292. 3 bollyd peces swagid.
1535. in Strype, Mem. Cranmer (1694), App. xvi. 27. Three standing Cups; one plain, and other two swaged with their Covers of silver and gilt.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VIII., 157. At the nether ende were two broade arches vpon thre antike pillers all of gold, burnished swaged and grauen full of Gargills and Serpentes.
2. Shaped with a swage.
1842. Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl., V. 286/2. If we only take the trouble to anneal such a swaged axle after it has received the most severe compression.
1859. F. S. Cooper, Ironmongers’ Catal., 769. Candlesticks, Plain Round … Swaged … Plain Oblong.
1894. Times, 16 Aug., 6/3. Hammered moulds or swaged steel.
