单词 | smithcraft |
释义 | smithcraftn. Now chiefly archaic. The art, craft, or skill of a smith. Also: the occupation of a smith (rare). ΘΚΠ 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 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. xv. 442 Wæs he syndryglice in smiðcræfte [OE Corpus Oxf. on smiðcræfte] wæl gelæred [L. fabrili arte singularis] . a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xxviii. 339 Som of þese diuers traueilles hetiþ and drieþ þe body, as smythcraft [L. ars fabrilis]. c1410 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (BL Add.) (1869) II. 229 (MED) Smythcraft [a1387 St. John's Cambr. Tubalcain fonde first smythes craft]. 1629 E. Bolton Cities Aduocate ii. 21 Rodulphus the Emperour had singular skill in making Dials, Watches, and the like fine works of Smith-craft. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xxxiii. 182 The File-Maker is another Branch of Smith-craft, which depends chiefly upon the Secret of tempering a Thing. 1860 Artist & Craftsman 425 If your locks want..picking to pieces, my old smithcraft may stand us in some stead. 1889 P. A. Bruce Plantation Negro 233 It is in smithcraft alone that he would have a wide..field. 1951 J. R. R. Tolkien Lett. (1981) 152 There arose a friendship between the usually hostile folk (of Elves and Dwarves) for the first and only time, and smithcraft reached its highest development. 2002 Kindred Spirit Spring 42/1 The ancient earth goddess Brigit..held the gifts of poetry, healing and smithcraft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |
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