Forging

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of Counterfeiting.

II. Forging ·noun The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

III. Forging ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Forge.

IV. Forging ·noun A piece of forged work in metal;

— a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.