单词 | smither |
释义 | smithern. Now rare. A person who works with iron or other metals, making items by forging and hammering; a smith. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > forger or smith smithOE smithier1379 forgerc1380 encloser1382 hammersmith1382 metalsmithc1384 fevera1450 hammerman1483 smithera1525 anvil-beater1677 metalworker1851 dinger1863 drummer1881 a1525 (?1435) Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 185 The Jorneymen..of all oþer Craftes..except hakmen and smythers wurche in hur own houses and nott in hur masters housz. 1801 T. Jefferson Let. 5 Nov. in Coxe's Pract. Observ. Vaccination (1802) 34 We never changed the regimen or occupations of those inoculated; a smither at the anvil continued in his place. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 45 File Making: Forger. Heater. Striker. Smither. 1917 Disston Crucible Nov. 149 It took a smither those days anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour to straighten one of these old-time hardened and tempered blades. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 3 Dec. 19/4 (advt.) Retired Smither required for part-time light Machine Knife Smithing work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † smitheradj. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: agile, active. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 20 Gauan was smyther and smerte [?a1425 Lamb. swithely smert], Owte of his steroppus he sterte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1525adj.c1475 |
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