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Encyclopedia > Forge (disambiguation)

A forge is the hearth where the blacksmith keeps the fire for heating metals to be formed by plastic deformation, usually with hammer on an anvil. The word is also used, by extention, to mean the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith. For finery forges (making iron), see finery forge. ...

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  • A finery forge was a works, usually water-powered where pig iron was fined and forged (drawn out) into bars of wrought iron.
  • Bloomeries where iron ore was smelted to produce wrought iron direct were also sometirems called forges.

Forge can also refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Iron tapped from the blast furnace is pig iron, and contains significant amounts of carbon and silicon. ... Shingling was a stage in the production of bar iron or steel, in the finery and puddling processes. ... A bloomery is a type of furnace once widely used for smelting iron from its oxides. ...

  • Forge (comics), a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe who is associated with the X-Men
  • Forge (Doctor Who), a fictional black operations organisation from the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
  • The Forge (roleplaying game website), dedicated to "indie" roleplaying games
  • The Forge (Enterprise episode), an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
  • The Forge, a novel by Radclyffe Hall published in 1924
  • a map editor for the Marathon computer game series
  • a planned but canceled sequel to LucasArts's adventure game Loom
  • a United Nations-sanctioned NGO that links Western students to African refugees, the FORGE Program
  • a collaborative software development management system like Sourceforge or GNU Savannah
  • The Forge, a futuristic city, planned in Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade expansion pack, but cancelled
  • A map editor in Halo 3 multiplayer, in which a player can move almost any item in the game when playing as a monitor similar to 343 Guilty Spark
  • The Forge Restaurant, a fine dining restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida, known for its award winning Wine Cellar (managed by sommelier Gino Santangelo), and its variety of fine quality interesting steaks. Candidly known among locals as a steakhouse, The Forge actually offers much more under the creative hand of chef Andrew Swersky: a sophisticated New American cuisine with a French twist, a heavy accent on steaks nevertheless, and a seafood selection rivaling any seafood restaurant.

Several places are named Forge: Forge is a Marvel Comics superhero, associated with the X-Men. ... The Forge is a fictional black operations organisation from the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about indie roleplaying games. ... The Forge is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise television episode from season four. ... Image:Radclyffe-hall-190x274. ... Marathon is a series of science fiction first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software originally released for the Apple Macintosh. ... LucasArts is an American video game developer and publisher. ... Loom is a graphical adventure game originally released in 1990. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... NGO is an abbreviation or code for: Non-governmental organization Nagoya Airport (IATA code) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The FORGE Program (FORGE stands for Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) is a non-governmental organization geared towards aiding refugees in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as raising public awareness about pressing global issues. ... Revision control (also known as version control, source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... SourceForge is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. ... GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for Free Software projects. ... For the Nine Inch Nails release, see Head Like a Hole. ... 343 Guilty Spark (pronounced three-four-three) (alternatively known to the UNSC as the Monitor; and to the Covenant as the Oracle, or in the Halo novel, Halo: The Flood, is known by the Master Chief as Sparks in the Library chapter) is a fictional character featured in the video... Miami Beach is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ...

Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County in the state of Virginia. ... Ponds Forge is a leisure complex situated in the centre of Sheffield. ... Pigeon Forge is a city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. ... Old Forge is a hamlet on Route 28 in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York. ... Old Forge is the name of two places in the State of Pennsylvania: Old Forge, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located just outside of Valley Forge National Historic Park in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, Pennsylvania. ...

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Forge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1579 words)
The forge or smithy is the workplace of a smith or a flsmith.
Forging was done historically by a smith using hammer and anvil, and though the use of water power in the production and working of iron dates to the twelfth century CE the hammer and anvil are by no means obsolete.
A forge of this type is essentially a hearth or fireplace designed to allow a fire to be controlled such that metal introduced to the fire may be brought to a malleable state or to bring about other metallurgical effects (hardening, annealling, and drawing temper as examples).
Forge (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (225 words)
A forge is the workplace of a smith or a flsmith.
A finery forge was a works, usually water-powered where pig iron was fined and drawn out into bars of wrought iron.
Forge (comics), a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe who is associated with the X-Men
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