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单词 smithy water
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smithy water
smithy water n. now historical and rare water in which a smith has cooled hot iron; = smith's water n. at smith n. Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials used in metallurgical processes > [noun] > water to cool heated irons
smith's water?a1425
smithy watera1533
smith-water?1541
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xviii. sig. Ciii [The water] was blacker than smythy water.
1744 B. Franklin Acct. New-invented Fire-places in Papers (1960) II. 439 Even the Smithy Water in which hot Irons are quench'd, is found advantageous to the human Constitution.
1888 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 2 Mar. 19/1 Heat once more to a cherry red, and chill in water (old smithy water for preference, but it does not really matter), and rub the edge part bright on a stone.
2000 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Travel section) 5 90-year-old Barney Devlin ready to talk the back leg off a brown cow..about the healing power of smithy water (‘great for curing warts’).
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