Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The occupation or craft of a smith.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The workshop of a smith; a smithy; especially, a shop where wrought-iron work is made.
- noun The practice of mechanical work, especially in iron: usually applied to hammer-work, as distinguished from more delicate manual operations. Also
smithing .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
- noun Work done by a smith; smithing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable The place where a
smith works. - noun uncountable The trade of a
smith .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I actually have more of a problem with the plotting in The Da Vinci Code than anything else (characters are so implausibly motivated I think I laughed out loud at their actions more than once) but Browne’s actual word-smithery is just as noxious.
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I actually have more of a problem with the plotting in The Da Vinci Code than anything else (characters are so implausibly motivated I think I laughed out loud at their actions more than once) but Browne’s actual word-smithery is just as noxious.
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But by seeing that the place was a sort of blacksmith's shop, Rollo concluded that it must mean house and ship smithery, that is, that it was a place for blacksmith's work for houses and ships.
Rollo in Holland Jacob Abbott 1841
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Childbirth is likened to smithery by the Zaramo, as by many other ethnic groups.
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I solemnly swear that I will try and actually post quasi-entertaining word-smithery here occasionally.
Archive 2008-03-01 Presents 2008
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My word-smithery went out the window pretty fast leaving me with voice to convey mood and then… the rest was all about the plot.
Writing and storytelling maryrobinette 2008
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They were on site from day one, living, breathing, experiencing smithery, under the watchful eye of somebody who had the information.
Archive 2005-06-01 Matthew Buckley 2005
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And by that suit of law poor Tom was ruined altogether, for Sir Robert could pay for much swearing; and then all his goods and his farm were sold up, and even his smithery taken.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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"She never said nothing about his smithery or nothing," said Anga.
Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995
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She'd never found any man whose attractions outweighed the fascination of combining mage-craft with smithery.
Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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