English Dictionary

Definition of “smithies”

smithies ()

Word forms: plural smithies

a place in which metal, usually iron or steel, is worked by heating and hammering; forge

Old English smiththe; related to Old Norse smithja, Old High German smidda, Middle Dutch smisse

Modern blast-furnaces and traditional smithies are as different as luxury liners and rowboats.

India Today (1996)

There were four smithies , two butcher's shops, a joiner's, a cobbler's, a barber's and a `bakehouse'.

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