单词 | smithery |
释义 | smitheryn. Now chiefly historical. 1. a. The trade or occupation of a smith; the art or craft of a smith. Cf. smithcraft n., smith work n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing smithcrafteOE smith's crafta1387 ironwork1423 smithy crafta1522 smithery?1548 ferrary1598 smithy1804 ironmongery1810 blacksmithing1811 ironworking1828 blacksmithery1833 ?1548 L. Shepherd Phylogamus sig. A.vi Besyde all thys hys Smythery Uulcanus taught hym certanly. 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes More Profitable ii. 92 The fift, to wit, Smitherie, is as variable as any of the former to bee sought into:..as Gold and Siluer-smithes, Copper-smiths..& all such like. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 21 More I have not to say of Dunstan, save that..his skill in Smithery was so great [etc.]. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea ix. 128 Their chief Handicraft, with which they are best acquainted being the Smithery. 1753 London Daily Advertiser 21 Dec. (advt.) A House out of the Liberties of the City, with Workshops and Horse Mill, &c. convenient for every Branch of Smithery. 1841 M. Faraday in H. Bence Jones Life (1870) II. 146 I love a smith's shop and anything relating to smithery. 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 902/2 Such rude carpentry or smithery as was needed was taken in hand either by specially trained slaves on the plantations, or by white mechanics. 1900 R. A. Wheeler Hist. Town Stonington 331 Mr. Dean continued to do the smithery of the town until 1682. 1999 C. M. Fyle Introd. Hist. Afr. Civilization xi. 107 Trades such as smithery and leather working were associated almost exclusively with certain clans. 2010 S. Garfield Just My Type ii. 34 Gutenberg's experience of smithery had taught him the principles of hard and soft metals. b. figurative and in extended use. Something resembling smith work, esp. with regard to noise or activity. ΚΠ 1609 H. Broughton Def. Concent of Script. sig. B2 The Giddiheadines of this forged smithery, is so more contemptuous of God. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1841) II. 271 The din of all this smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 61/2 From all this sonorous smithery of harsh words..nothing emerged. 1989 World Marxist Rev. Nov. 47/2 Our enterprise is often called in Portugal the smithery of party cadres. A number of leaders of PCP organisations..have been nurtured. 2. The forge or workshop of a smith; a smithy; esp. a building in a dockyard in which the work of a smith is carried out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > forge or smithy smitheeOE smithya1250 forgec1405 stithy1604 blacksmith's shop1668 smithery1755 blacksmith shop1794 blacksmitherya1854 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Smithery, the shop of a smith. 1789 tr. S. Pallas in J. Trusler Habitable World Described IV. 157 The smith of this place has discovered this wonderful ore in two spots adjacent to his smithery. 1804 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. 2170 We now came to the Smithery, a wearisome road indeed but I took it leisurely. 1871 Daily News 5 Sept. An extensive range of black sheds near the sawmills in the Royal Arsenal..are about to be removed, and replaced by a large smithery. 1941 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 2 Feb. A7/4 Immediately beside the dry-docks,..lies a smithery conveniently placed for repairs and replacements to shipping. 2013 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 18 May 46 There will also be a ghost tour..at the dock's smithery. Compounds General attributive, as smithery tool, smithery work, etc. ΚΠ 1653 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1898) I. 64 I agree with John Stewart to allow me yearly 12 shillings in Smithery work for 3 years. 1782 B. Martin Young Gentleman & Lady's Philos. III. vi. vi. 323 All kinds of Smithery Work requires Oil. 1865 House Documents 8 23 The forge, occupying one end, contains..furnaces; the other end is appropriated to the smithery fires. 1903 Army & Navy Reg. 25 July 23/2 Also labor and material for altering monitor at smithery shop at the League Island Yard. 2014 S. Cohen Transformations of Time & Temporality in Medieval & Renaissance Art vii. 189 There are other smithery tools to complete the picture of the workshop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1548 |
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