stithy
an anvil.
a forge or smithy.
Obsolete. to forge.
Origin of stithy
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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 ScottMore true metal, rough from the Mimer-stithy, than in many a famed Greek Mythus shaped far better!
Heroes and Hero Worship | Thomas CarlyleThese 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 MurrayIt may defy the best steel blade that was ever forged on Milan stithy to cut it asunder.
British Dictionary definitions for stithy
/ (ˈstɪðɪ) /
archaic, or dialect a forge or anvil
(tr) obsolete to forge on an anvil
Origin of stithy
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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