SMITHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smithy mean? 

• SMITHY (noun)
  The noun SMITHY has 1 sense:

1. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

  Familiarity information: SMITHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMITHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

forge; smithy

Hypernyms ("smithy" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Meronyms (parts of "smithy"):

anvil (a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering)

drop forge; drop hammer; drop press (device for making large forgings)

 Context examples 

It was but a few feet from the ground, so I slipped out, and there was Jim waiting for me at the smithy corner.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are the horses, there is the smithy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why, masters, quoth he, this man is a coquillart, or seller of false relics, and was here in the smithy not two hours ago.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ll wait for you at the smithy.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Let us go across to the smithy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As to young Master Rodney Stone, if his good mother saw that white face of his, she’d never let him come to the smithy more.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the far corner was a smithy, where a grimy lad was at work.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We were nearly at the smithy before Jim asked the question which was already in my mind.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The coast seems to be clear, save for that lad in the smithy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Why,” I cried, “she has pulled the chaise up at the smithy. I’ll find out all the news for you;” and, catching up my cap, away I scampered.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)