smithy
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- noun
- /ˈsmɪθi/
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fragua
- After a long day of work, he closed the doors of the smithy and went home.
- village smithy
- forge in the smithy
- work at the smithy
Examples
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Ulfas sometimes fished with Brig and sometimes worked in the smithy with me, going wherever he was needed and welcome everywhere.
Fiction book (1991) -
The blacksmith carefully shaped the heated metal in his smithy.
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"I will set up my smithy near a spring if you have one here."
Fiction book (1991) -
All we want is to borrow your smithy for an hour.
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Bear and Nithe helped in the smithy and found as much interest in it as they had in playing soldier.
Fiction book (1991) -
When there was work at the smithy, we were often joined by Ulfas and Ector's son, Kay.
Fiction book (1991) -
One evening, he just appeared, walking into the smithy and hanging his harp on its accustomed peg before greeting us.
Fiction book (1991) -
His eyes glint with the reflections of the smithy's fires.
Fiction book (1991) -
Andrew led him down back streets toward the smithy's barn where, this morning, they'd boarded their wagon and team.
Fiction book (1996) -
The town's smithy was the place to go for custom-made iron tools and fixtures.
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Etymology
The word smithy comes from the old English smith meaning 'a metal worker' or someone who 'strikes' metal, and the ending -y turns it into a place. So a smithy is the workshop where a smith heats and hammers metal, which is why it means a blacksmith's shop.