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单词 blacksmith
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blacksmithn.

Brit. /ˈblaksmɪθ/, U.S. /ˈblækˌsmɪθ/
Forms: see black adj. and n. and smith n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., smith n.
Etymology: < black adj. + smith n. Compare whitesmith n.1Attested earliest as a surname.
A smith who makes and repairs iron articles by hand. Cf. whitesmith n.1The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths was incorporated by charter in 1571.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > ironworker or blacksmith
ironsmithOE
blacksmith1248
smithy man1308
ferrerc1380
ironworkerc1450
vulcanist?1586
smug1600
Vulcan1603
fireworker1608
iron man1610
roughneck1901
1248 Close Rolls Henry III (1922) VI. 134 Magistro Henrico le Blakesmys.
1333 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 143 (MED) Ric. le Blakesmyth.
1474 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 194 (MED) Johannes Mowbray, blaksmyth.
1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §29. m. 20 Artificers..of this roialme..bladsmythes, blaksmythes, sporiours, goldebeters.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Brydel bytters, blacke smythes, and ferrars.
1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. C.vv The blacksmith let him leaue His hammer.
1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 94 O thou great celestiall blacksmith, minister of the great fire in mount Aetna,..thou makest iron tractable & malleable.
1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Hist. Heresies xvi. 40 There is not one..that does not take notice of the meanness of Cromwel's birth; for his Father was a Blacksmith.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋3 Having got a Black-Smith of Lemnos to make her Son's Weapons.
1769 E. Pendleton Let. 28 Dec. in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 54 Two exceeding fine blacksmiths that are perfect masters of their trade.
1813 Parl. Deb. in Examiner 24 May 326/2 If this should be decided to be a valid marriage, the poor Gretna green Blacksmith would be ruined.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xix. 328 A clever blacksmith can make a nail red-hot by hammering it.
1913 Pop. Mech. Apr. 565/1 A New Jersey blacksmith..fashions beautiful flowers..in wrought iron with hammer, tongs, and anvil.
2008 L. Triefeldt People & Places 12 (caption) Blacksmiths most often use a cross peen hammer weighing from 1.75 to 3 pounds.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive (now chiefly U.S.).
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1639 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) C1639/8/58 The importatione of all blaksmith work quhilk hes bein heirtofoir maid in this countrie.
1842 Amer. Agriculturist July 117/2 A small forge and bellows may be added, with an anvil, and a few blacksmith tools.
1890 Science 28 Mar. 210/1 The latest pattern of improved portable blacksmith forge, made by the Buffalo Forge Company.
1921 J. F. Friese Farm Blacksmithing 7 The hand hammer or blacksmith hammer is shown... One weighing 2 pounds is a good size for general work.
2009 P. E. Dans Christians in Movies x. 323 Balian uses his blacksmith skills to build siege engines.
b. With blacksmith's.
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1630 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 64 Ane blaksmythis stand 8 d.
1704 J. Toland Lett. Serena iii. 112 Vulcan had a Blacksmith's Forge in Lemnos.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. xxiii. 353 Carpenter's, joiner's, and blacksmith's work is very coarsely and clumsily done.
1961 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Sept. 29/1 He is sanctified for purposes too noble to be found..standing over a blacksmith's anvil, or following a plow.
C2.
blacksmith shop n. North American = smithy n.
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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
1794 P. Freneau Country Printer in Village Merchant 13 The [stage-]driver..Has made some business for the black-smith-shop.
1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. 11 151 This morning..carrys Cumberland to the Blacksmith Shop; Gets him shod.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 390/1 Perhaps he had better ride over to the blacksmith shop.
1996 T. D. Regehr Mennonites in Canada iii. vii. 153 The earliest and most common [small businesses] were the local blacksmith shop and a grocery store.
2008 J. Barone Body in Rec. Room xxxvii. 130 In the brick blacksmith shop, the room itself was dim and burnt-iron smelling.
blacksmith's shop n. = smithy n.
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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
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. 37 Made by rubbing and filing and turning and shaving, as in a Turner's or Blacksmith's Shop.
1752 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1915) III. 454 The Blacksmiths Shop which stand[s] on the home lot.
1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass x. 94 Fred., go to the blacksmith's shop, and get a new punch.
1965 J. House Heart of Glasgow xiii. 189 Just behind the Queen's Theatre was a blacksmith's shop.
2009 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 28 Nov. a10 Our father made all our toys. He made a lot of things at the blacksmiths shop at the colliery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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