单词 | smithier |
释义 | † smithiern. Obsolete. A person who works with iron or other metals; a smith. Also figurative.Attested earliest as a surname.Apparently revived as an archaism in the 19th cent. 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 1379 in E. G. Kimball Rolls Warwickshire & Coventry Sessions (1939) 24 Iohannis Smythiere. 1384 in M. D. Harris Reg. Guild Holy Trinity, Coventry (1935) 27 (MED) Johannes de Barwe, Smethier. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 134 Dame justice the smythiere [Fr. favresse] of vertues and the forgeresse. a1525 (?1435) Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 182 Then the Cardwirdrawers and the myddelmen most nedes bye the wire..of the smythiers. a1525 (?1435) Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 182 And then the smythier, lest he lost his Custemers, wolde make true goode. 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd ii. 101 And there was I, I Regin, the smithier of the snare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1379 |
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