blacksmith
/ˈblæk.smɪθ/
BLÆK · smɪθ (2 syllables)
English
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Definition
A person who forges iron.
Etymology
From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
Example Sentences
- "The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases."
- "Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft."
- "Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge."
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