a. [f. FORGE v.1 + -ABLE.] That may be forged, admitting of forging.

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1381.  Wyclif, Bible, Pref. Ep. vi. 67. Lechis bihoten that that is of lechis, forgers treten forgeable thingis.

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1869.  G. Dodd, Dict. Manuf., etc., s.v. Iron.… Steel, containing more carbon than wrought-iron, is malleable, elastic, ductile, moderately forgeable and weldable.

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1878.  Ure’s Dict. Arts, IV. 551. At a red heat it was easily forgeable.

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  Hence Forgeability.

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1878.  Ure’s Dict. Arts, IV. 552. Carbon affects the forgeability of steel more than silicon.

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