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Word entry · 6 letters

smithy

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"Blacksmith's workshop"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsmɪði/Part of speech nounSorted himstyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

Word origin

From Middle English smythy, from Old Norse smiðja, from Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ. Cognate with Old English smiþþe (whence the obsolete modern doublet smithe, smythe (“the workshop of a smith, forge”)). See the Proto-Germanic entry for further cognates. Partially displaced by English forge.

Used in a sentence

  • Traditionally a village smithy was a busy place because the smith's work was so necessary.
  • The workshop with its smithy is still intact, also the loading stage where the narrow-gauge wagons tipped their contents into those of the G.W.R.
  • "That's funny looking mail, Sire," said Eustace. "Aye, lad," said Tirian. "No Narnian dwarf smithied that. […]

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