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A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes..
We are now enabled to present the plan of a machine of the full size for swedging common nails to the shape above mentioned, and which may be operated successfully by small boys of 8 or 10 years, and who could make a fair business at half a cent per lb.
He bound them into a neat packet, swedging down the stiff, sticky oilcloth at the corners..
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Swedge means A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes..
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We are now enabled to present the plan of a machine of the full size for swedging common nails to the shape above mentioned, and which may be operated successfully by small boys of 8 or 10 years, and who could make a fair business at half a cent per lb.
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