stithy
Americannoun
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stithies
plural
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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
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Hamlet: And my imaginations are as foul as Vulcan’s stithy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
"You dear little Rosamond" "A stithy," said Rosamond, "is a kind of blacksmith shop."
From Miss Muffet's Christmas Party by Samuel McChord Crothers
A stithy is the smith's shop, as stith is the anvil.
From Hamlet by Charles John Kean
The turning lathe occupies a considerable part of it; but when he requires more space, the village smith with his stithy, and the miller with his water-power, are always ready to help him.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
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 Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The region of the stithies is passed, the little hammers are heard.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
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