smithy

[smith-ee, smith -ee]

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noun, plural smith·ies.

the workshop of a smith, especially a blacksmith.
a blacksmith.

Origin of smithy

1250–1300; Middle English smithi < Old Norse smithja; akin to Old English smiththe. See smith

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Related Words for smithy

heater, stove, kiln, incinerator, boiler, plover, farrier, smithy, anvil, forge, shoer, cinerator, cremator

Examples from the Web for smithy

Contemporary Examples of smithy

The Smithy character, played by Dustin Ybarra, is so cartoonish as to be off-putting rather than gleefully adolescent.
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Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon
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Historical Examples of smithy

Then we went back to the smithy to wait the result of the blast.
A Woman Tenderfoot
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
The cottage had once been a smithy, and the bellows had been left in its place.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
George MacDonald
"The green light," Smithy was saying in horrified understanding.
Two Thousand Miles Below
Charles Willard Diffin
Dean Rawson, with Smithy close at hand, pushed through the crowd.
Two Thousand Miles Below
Charles Willard Diffin
He was showing the ring to Smithy as the men passed from hearing.
Two Thousand Miles Below
Charles Willard Diffin

British Dictionary definitions for smithy

smithy

noun plural smithies

a place in which metal, usually iron or steel, is worked by heating and hammering; forge

Word Origin for smithy

Old English smiththe; related to Old Norse smithja, Old High German smidda, Middle Dutch smisse

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Word Origin and History for smithy

"workshop of a smith," c.1300, from Old Norse smiðja (cognate with Old English smiððe), from Proto-Germanic *smith-ja-, from PIE smi- (see smith (n.)).