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smithy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smithy  \Smith"y\  (-[y^]),  n.  [AS.  smi[eth][eth]e,  fr  smi[eth]; 
  akin  to  D.  smidse,  smids,  OHG.  smitta,  G.  schmiede  Icel. 
  smi[eth]ja.  See  {Smith},  n.] 
  The  workshop  of  a  smith,  esp.  a  blacksmith;  a  smithery;  a 
  stithy.  [Written  also  {smiddy}.] 
 
  Under  a  spreading  chestnut  tree  The  village  smithy 
  stands.  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smithy 
  n  :  a  workplace  where  metal  is  worked  by  heating  and  hammering 
  [syn:  {forge}] 




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