单词 | smith work |
释义 | smith workn. Now chiefly historical. Work carried out or produced by a smith; work performed or made at a forge in iron or other metals. Also: the occupation of a smith. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing > product of iron gear1381 ironwarea1398 ironwork1423 ferramentc1425 black work1537 smith work1583 ironworking1680 ironmongery1711 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) Ep. Ded. The fame of Vulcans smith-workes. 1641 in W. Stevenson Presbyterie Bk. Kirkcaldie (1900) 205 Compt of the Smith-work estimate and approven. 1705 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1840) II. 261 A profitable project of making engines for facilitating of Smith work. 1720 in Jrnl. Derbysh. Archæol. Soc. (1905) 27 215 For smith worke, [£]0 3 2. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. i. 45 He,..determines on a little smith-work; and so,..is learning to make locks. 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools App. 56 The fitness of bar iron for shipbuilding and smith-work is tested by bending and punching it cold. 1921 Glasgow Herald 7 Dec. 9 Coals used in smithwork..varied from 15s. to 18s. per ton. 1970 E. J. Marsh Inshore Craft Great Brit. I. v. 156 Smithwork to hull & spars £3 19s 6d. 2008 Sc. Archaeol. Jrnl. 30 189 Coal fragments were present in all samples, indicating the importance of the local power source for smith work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583 |
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