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drop forge

a device for making large forgings in which a heavy hammer drops onto the metalwork to be forged pressing it into a form or anvil underneath or between dies...


dropforge

to forge with a drop forge of metals...


forge

forge forged forg·ing vt : to make, alter, or imitate (as a writing) falsely with intent to defraud : counterfeit vi : to commit forgery forg·er n ...


drop cloth

a sheet of material used to cover objects or surfaces while painting a ceiling or wall of a house so as to protect objects from being marred by drops of paint splashed inadvertantly in the painting process Originally such drop cloths were made of cloth but more recently paper or plastic have also commonly been used...


Dropping

The action of causing to drop or of letting drop falling...


Ruperts drop

A kind of glass drop with a long tail made by dropping melted glass into water It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken so called from Prince Rupert nephew of Charles I by whom they were first brought to England Called also Ruperts ball and glass tear...


Drop

Drop: When the members of a court are equally divided on the argument showing cause against a rule nisi, no order is made, i.e., the rule is neither discharged nor made absolute, and is said to drop. In practice, there being a right to appeal, it has been usual to make on order in one way, the junior judge withdrawing his judgment; see e.g., Bunch v. Great Western Railway Company, (1886) 17 QBD 217....


forged

Not genuine counterfeit used mostly of signatures and documents See forge v t 4...


Drop

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass a liquid globule a minim hence also the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid a small quantity as a drop of water...


drop off

a noticeable decline in performance as a drop off in attendance...


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