a masculine surname / a feminine surname

(transitive) to forge (to shape a metal) / (transitive, usually in the passive participle) to coat with metal / (transitive) to shoe (to put horseshoes on a horse) / (transitive) to carve, to cut (to make a hole in a hard material by cutting away parts of it) / (transitive or intransitive, of a woodpecker) to peck at [+accusative] or [+ w (accusative) = a tree] / (intransitive or reflexive, colloquial) to cram, to swot; to learn by rote

(idiomatic) strike while the iron is hot (usually in the imperative)