Smithy Definition

smĭthē, smĭthē
smithies
noun
smithies
The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith.
Webster's New World

Blacksmith.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

(uncommon) To forge, especially by hand.

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pronoun

A nickname of the surname Smith.

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Other Word Forms of Smithy

Noun

Singular:
smithy
Plural:
smithies

Origin of Smithy

  • From Old English smiþþe, from Proto-Germanic *smiþjÇ­, whence also Old Norse smiðja.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old Norse smidhja

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Smith +"Ž -y

    From Wiktionary

Smithy Sentence Examples

  • The house is a large airy 200 year old former smithy on the edge of a small hamlet.

  • On the right, the canal continues westwards toward Smithy Bridge.

  • The type is often used in foundries, or to serve heavy hammers in a smithy, whence the name.

  • Scarcely anything is left of the old chapel dedicated to St Dennis, which for a time was used as a smithy; and of the chapel of St Serf, the patron saint of the burgh, only the tower remains.

  • Now, Tom was a half trained apprentice in sole charge of the village smithy.

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