stithy
Americannoun
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an anvil.
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a forge or smithy.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of stithy
1250–1300; Middle English stithie, stethie < Old Norse stethi anvil
Example Sentences
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Hamlet: And my imaginations are as foul as Vulcan’s stithy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
A hea, where Wisdom mysteries did frame; Whose hammers beat still, in that lively brain, As on a stithy* where that some work of fame Was daily wrought, to turn to Britain's gain.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
The ploughman in the loamy furrow sings, The sailor whistles as he reefs the sail, Blithe is the smith as the blows fall like hail From his huge hammer, and the stithy rings.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
Even now, I prithee, Hark Him hammer On Heaven’s harmonious stithy, Dew-drunken––like my grammar!
From The Battle of the Bays by Seaman, Owen, Sir
It may defy the best steel blade that was ever forged on Milan stithy to cut it asunder.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 by Various
The region of the stithies is passed, the little hammers are heard.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
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