单词 | goldsmithy |
释义 | goldsmithyn. Somewhat rare. 1. The craft or trade of working in gold; goldsmith's work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with gold goldsmithery1380 goldwork1761 goldsmithy1843 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in gold goldsmithery1380 gold working1751 goldwork1761 goldsmithy1843 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet v. 137 Did not I tell you..you would have half an hour's battle before you could get him dragged forth from his gold smithy? 1904 Encycl. Americana XIV. at Sculpture The freedom of modeling developed in marble by Michelangelo was paralleled in bronze and goldsmithy by Benvenuto Cellini and Giovanni da Bologna. 1944 W. H. Gilbert Peoples of India 74 The Melacheries..are landless servants and tenants, practitioners of barbering, goldsmithy, blacksmithy, and tree climbing. 2002 F. Fernández-Armesto Near Thousand Tables v. 120 The aesthetics of food in Muslim courts resembled the aesthetics of the sacred arts in the West—a bias toward goldsmithy and jewelwork. 2. A goldsmith's workshop; a place where gold is worked. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > other metals goldwork1581 copper-work1631 brass-work1665 silver-work1674 copper-works1716 lead-worksa1728 goldsmithy1878 society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > forge or smithy > types of smithy mill1523 bloom-smithy1601 tilt-forge1836 tilt house1864 goldsmithy1878 1878 Industr. Art July 10/2 Birmingham, the great gold smithy of England, only claims one firm in this class. 1896 Academy 4 Apr. 289/2 Herr Franz Rieffel..indicates his reasons for thinking that Cranach began life in a goldsmithy in Southern Bavaria. 1977 Harvard Mag. Jan. 32/3 The abbey had a goldsmithy by 1014, and a richly embellished cloister by 1045. 2004 Irish Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. 13 He was invited to Ireland from Germany in 1966, to help run a goldsmithy as part of the fledgling Kilkenny Design Workshops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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