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Definition of Forgeable
1. Adjective. (metallurgy) That can be forged (shaped under heat and pressure). ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of signatures, money, etc.) That can be forged (counterfeited). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forgeable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgeable
Literary usage of Forgeable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"While this amount will make the alloys forgeable, twice that amount is better.
... MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION A number of the forgeable and non-forgeable ..."
2. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, United States Naval Academy, Thomas Lee Johnson (1915)
"To state in a few words the characteristics which may serve to distinguish wrought
iron, steel, and cast iron, we may say: Wrought iron is forgeable, ..."
3. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1883)
"Not forgeable ; easy to melt: II. Pig iron. Obtained in a fluid state : A.
Ingot iron. Obtained in a non-fluid B. Weld iron. Not hardening: 2. Ingot iron. ..."
4. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1883)
"As arranged by Wedding, the following is the scheme of the system : forgeable;
difficult to melt : Obtained in a fluid state : A. Ingot iron. I. E! ..."
5. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores, and Adapting Them by John Percy (1864)
"... malleable, ductile, weldable, easily forgeable, and very tenacious, but not
fusible except at temperatures rarely attainable in furnaces, ..."
6. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1879)
"... easily forgeable, and very tenacious, but not fusible except at temperatures
rarely attainable in furnaces, and not susceptible of tempering like steel. ..."
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