blacksmitheryn.
/ˈblakˌsmɪθ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈblækˌsmɪθ(ə)ri/ Originally U.S.
1. The work or occupation of a blacksmith; = blacksmithing n. Cf. smithery n. 1.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing
smithcrafteOE
smith's crafta1387
ironwork1423
smithy crafta1522
smithery?1548
ferrary1598
smithy1804
ironmongery1810
blacksmithing1811
ironworking1828
blacksmithery1833
1833 New-Eng. Mag. Apr. 340/1 We placed our blacksmith's shop upon it [sc. a raft], that is to say, our anvil, and large vice, and other valuable articles belonging to blacksmithery.
1847 Naut. Standard & Steam Navigation Gaz. 11 Dec. 759/1 A fine and beautiful vessel that..has never cost a fraction for repairs..beyond..a trifling amount of blacksmithery.
1861 Times 5 Mar. 12/4 Adepts in blacksmithery and the manufacture of spears.
1869 Overland Monthly July 10/1 In North Carolina, as in the North, blacksmithery, wagon-making, coopery, and other sorts of hard-handed industry, were in noisy blast.
1889 Advance (Chicago) 21 Mar. 229 Carpentry, blacksmithery, wheel and carriage making are also chief industries for the Indian on the plain.
1936 J. Grierson High Failure vi. 134 Altering its rake—a tricky piece of blacksmithery.
1977 Times 26 Mar. 3/4 John..learnt blacksmithery for the project.
2005 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 18 June 16 Interested parties can watch blacksmithery, wood-carving, glass-blowing and soap-making.
2. A blacksmith's shop or workshop. Cf. smithy n. 1.
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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
a1854 J. F. Kelly Humors of Falconbridge (1856) 303 The town..some four houses, six ‘groceries’, a store and blacksmithery.
1854 Naut. Standard & Steam Navigation Gaz. 4 Feb. 71/3 Convicts have been..clearing away the old sheds..beside the newly constructed blacksmithery in this dock-yard.
1872 Rep. Indian Affairs 1871 (U.S.) 327 The fixed property of this reservation consists of agents quarters, 3 dwellings, 2 blacksmitheries.
1905 Rep. Mine Inspector Allegany & Garrett Counties Maryland 43 It is a machine shop, a carpenter's shop and blacksmithery, combined.
1970 Land Econ. 46 30/2 Towns like Batesville..started off as little more than a few rough buildings grouped around a sawmill and a blacksmithery.
2002 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Daybreak section) d1 A six-foot-high neck machine with gears and a chain towering like something from a blacksmithery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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