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stithy

[ stith -ee, stith-ee ]
/ ˈstɪð i, ˈstɪθ i /

noun, plural stith·ies.

an anvil.
a forge or smithy.

verb (used with object), stith·ied, stith·y·ing.

Obsolete. to forge.

Words nearby stithy

stitch wheel, stitchery, stitching, stitchwork, stitchwort, stithy, stiver, stk, stk., stlg., stm

Origin of stithy

1250–1300; Middle English stithie, stethie < Old Norse stethi anvil
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Examples from the Web for stithy

  • Round the furnace in the centre of the stithy were twenty pairs of bellows, each serving a separate smelting oven.

    Stories from the Iliad|H. L. Havell

  • It may defy the best steel blade that was ever forged on Milan stithy to cut it asunder.

    Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848|Various

  • “The iron was never forged on stithy that would hauld her,” said the old maid-servant.

    The Pirate|Sir Walter Scott

  • "Welcome indeed she is, and honoured too," said the hospitable god, limping across the stithy with outstretched hands.

    Stories from the Iliad|H. L. Havell

British Dictionary definitions for stithy

stithy
/ (ˈstɪðɪ) /

noun plural stithies

archaic, or dialect a forge or anvil

verb stithies, stithying or stithied

(tr) obsolete to forge on an anvil

Word Origin for stithy

C13: from Old Norse stedhi
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012