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den. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire Yet my people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32.

n made wholly from ore; in distinction from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge or mill cinder. Raymond.

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted. Bacon. Minting mill, a coining press.

Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles. [Obs. or Poet.] Shak.

To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion. He forgeth and moldeth metals. Sir M. Hale. Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mold me man Milton.

The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus.

Scales of hot iron from the forge. Knight.

The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. W. Irving.

Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. "The oblivious pool." Milton. She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. Longfellow.

the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery. Brande & C.

or the like. Chaucer. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller.

Imitation of handwriting; forgery.

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.

be endured; supportable. [Obs.] How light and portable my pain seems now! Shak. Portable forge. See under Forge. -- Portable steam engine. See under Steam engine.

liarity. [Obs.] Bacon. We find no mention hereof in ancient zoögraphers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. Sir T. Browne.

A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.

False writing; forgery.

t. xviii. 18. God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget. Milton.

Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. Denham.

An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.