stithy

[ stith-ee, stith-ee ]

/ ˈstɪð i, ˈstɪθ i /

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noun, plural stith·ies.

an anvil.

a forge or smithy.

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

Obsolete. to forge.

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Origin of stithy

1250–1300; Middle English stithie,stethie<Old Norse stethi anvil

Words nearby stithy

stitching, stitch-up, stitch wheel, stitchwork, stitchwort, stithy, stiver, St. James, St. James-Assiniboia, St. James's Palace, St.-Jean

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How to use stithy in a sentence

This he in turn banged down on the anvil—stithy he called it—and beat into shape.
Patience Wins|George Manville Fenn
“The iron was never forged on stithy that would hauld her,” said the old maid-servant.
The Pirate|Sir Walter Scott
More true metal, rough from the Mimer-stithy, than in many a famed Greek Mythus shaped far better!
Heroes and Hero Worship|Thomas Carlyle
These were sparks from his great stithy, but a man of industry and talent might have shown them proudly as a lifetime's labour.
My Contemporaries In Fiction|David Christie Murray

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

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

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