stithy

American  

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

noun

plural

stithies

1. an anvil.

2. a forge or smithy.

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verb (used with object)

stithied, stithying

1. Obsolete. to forge.

stithy British  

/ ˈstɪðɪ /

noun

1. archaic a forge or anvil

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verb

1. obsolete (tr) to forge on an anvil

Etymology

Origin of stithy

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

Example Sentences

Hamlet: And my imaginations are as foul as Vulcan’s stithy.

From Washington Post

One large antique gate, of heavy architecture, with immense walls, and with rooms in either of the two towers which flanked the lane I have mentioned, was tenanted by an armourer, who had erected his stithy behind, and who stored his various completed arms in the chamber on the right of the gate, where the porter had formerly lodged.

From Project Gutenberg

There must be some wars toward, to bring an old knight to the stithy; for well I wot, you are not going to buy a tilting suit, or do battle for a fair lady.

From Project Gutenberg

A third said, jesting: "I fear our way will lead us down to the workshop of the Cyclops; and we shall find the lame Vulcan, or one of his journeymen, dining from his stithy, and must bring him to our Venus."

From Project Gutenberg

Stithy, stith′i, n. an anvil: a smith's shop.—v.t. to forge on an anvil.

From Project Gutenberg