smithy
[smith-ee, smith -ee]
- the workshop of a smith, especially a blacksmith.
- a blacksmith.
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Origin of smithy
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Examples from the Web for smithy
Contemporary Examples
The Smithy character, played by Dustin Ybarra, is so cartoonish as to be off-putting rather than gleefully adolescent.
Historical Examples
Then we went back to the smithy to wait the result of the blast.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
The cottage had once been a smithy, and the bellows had been left in its place.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald
"The green light," Smithy was saying in horrified understanding.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
Dean Rawson, with Smithy close at hand, pushed through the crowd.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
He was showing the ring to Smithy as the men passed from hearing.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
smithy
- a place in which metal, usually iron or steel, is worked by heating and hammering; forge
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Word Origin
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
n.
"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.)).
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