单词 | to smite with a hammer |
释义 | > as lemmasto smite with a (also the) hammer ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (intransitive)] > work at forge smithc1275 forge1382 smitea1425 smithy1733 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xli. 7 A smyth of metal smytynge with an hamer [L. faber aerarius percutiens malleo]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. xli. 7 So the workeman comforted the founder & he that smote with the hammer, him that smote by course. 1827 London & Paris Observer 7 Oct. 630/2 If you will smite for me I will do so, and the work will soon be done. 1874 W. C. Smith Borland Hall iv. 173 Smiting with a hammer 'Mid the clangour and the clamour Of the anvil and the bellows. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. i. iv. 74 The husband used to smite for Jimmy More the blacksmith. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 685 Smite, to strike with the sledge in forging. The smith hammers, the assistant smites. < as lemmas |
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