| 释义 |
smithier Now arch. and rare.|ˈsmɪðɪə(r)|
Also 5 smythier(e.
[f. smithy v. + -er, or in early use f. smith v. + -ier.]
A smith. Also fig.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxlviii. (1869) 134 Dame justice, the smythiere of vertues, and the forgeresse. 1435Coventry Leet Bk. 182 Then the Cardwirdrawers and the myddelmen most nedes bye the wire..of the smythiers. Ibid., And then the smythier, lest he lost his Custemers, wolde make true goode. 1876Morris Sigurd ii. (1898) 89 And there was I, I Regin, the smithier of the snare. |