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Forming :: Forming (n.) The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers..

Thoracoplasty :: Thoracoplasty (n.) A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema..

Mechanic :: Mechanic (a.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments..

Edging :: Edging (n.) The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal..

Swage :: Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge..

Shaping :: Shaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shap.

Grindstone :: Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects..

Forging :: Forging (n.) The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

Fate :: Fate (n.) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him..

Turning :: Turning (n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools..

Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure..

Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..

Lasting :: Lasting (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.

Ferret :: Ferret (n.) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles..

Cutting :: Cutting (n.) The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc..

Core :: Core (n.) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern..

Tubulation :: Tubulation (n.) The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort..

Tool :: Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.

Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..

Transshaping :: Transshaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transshap.

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