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locksmith|ˈlɒksmɪθ|
[f. lock n.2 + smith.]
An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
1226in J. T. Gilbert Hist. & Munic. Rec. Irel. (Rolls) 87 Ricardus le lokismith de Tickehille. c1440Promp. Parv. 311/2 Loksmythe, serefaber. 1501Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1900) II. 112 The lok smyth of Edinburgh. 1627S. S. in Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. a iij b, He's neither Lock-Smith, Gold-Smith, nor Black-Smith. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4347/4 Thomas Temple the Younger, late of North-Walsham.., Lock Smith. 1872Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 179 In the cathedrals of the period the locksmith's work was especially elaborate and ingenious.
Hence ˈlocksmithery, the locksmith's art.
1804–6Syd. Smith Mor. Philos. (1850) 261 Some mysteries of locksmithery. |