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r a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak.

A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.

The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.] Useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear. Milton.

think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2. Let y right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. Hath thy knee forget to bow Shak.

A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

In a forgetful manner.

The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.

Inventive; productive; capable. [Obs.] Shak.

Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.

One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson.

By forgetting.

To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over. Udall.

One who reforges.

Not forgettable; enduring in memory. Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

th in her rich attire. Milton. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire Jer. ii. 32.

ern faro, said to have been invented at Venice. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.