(fôrj, fōrj) noun
1. An open fireplace or hearth with forced draft, for heating metal ready for hammering or shaping.
2. A smithy.
3. A place where metal is refined.
—v. forged, forg·ing v.t.
1. To shape by heating and hammering, as a horseshoe; beat or stamp into shape.
2. To fashion or form in any way; invent.
3. To make, alter, or imitate with intent to defraud.
—v.i.
4. To commit forgery.
5. To work as a smith. [<OF, ult. <L fabrica. Doublet of FABRIC.]
—forged adjective

(fôrj, fōrj) v.t. & v.i. forged, forg·ing
To move, go, or impel slowly forward. [? Alter. of FORCE]