blacksmith
verbEtymology From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
1
To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmith
noun/ˈblæk.smɪθ/
Etymology From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
1
A person who forges iron.
- The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
- 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.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
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- 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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Hambleden:
2
Informal A person who shoes horses.
3
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
- Related terms
- gunsmith