单词 | whitesmithing |
释义 | whitesmithingn. Now chiefly historical. The work or occupation of a whitesmith. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > whitesmithing or tinsmithing whitesmithery1812 whitesmithing1823 tinsmithing1897 1823 W. A. Coffey Inside Out 86 He worked at whitesmithing, and almost every other trade practised in the prison. 1835 Lexington (Kentucky) Observer 10 June White~smithing. Frederick Klaiber lately from Germany..has just commenced the above business. 1900 Daily Chron. 2 Jan. 3/1 Part of the bench at which the missionary-explorer learnt whitesmithing is exhibited. 2011 G. Astil in H. Hamerow et al. Oxf. Handbk. Anglo-Saxon Archaeol. xxvi. 509 These two types of site were also the location for metalworking, particularly whitesmithing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1823 |
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