A metalworker, especially one who works metal when it is hot and malleable. Often used in combination, One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals, A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith, verb_ To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding, transitive verb_ obsolete To beat into shape; to forge

A wisp of straw put into a hoop of iron, used by a blacksmith in watering his fire, A mallet for beating linen, used in washing, An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals, adjective_ Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin, Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man, Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated