Crossword clues for smithery
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smithery \Smith"er*y\ (sm[i^]th"[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. -ies (-[i^]z).
The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
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Work done by a smith; smithing.
The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke.
--Burke.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) The place where a smith works. 2 (context uncountable English) The trade or craft of a smith.
Usage examples of "smithery".
There was also a notice from the Navigation Commissioners informing him that, in consequence of an accident at one of their locks, it would be fully a fortnight before any barge could pass through, and he knew that his supply of smithery coal would be exhausted before that date, as he had refrained from purchasing in consequence of high prices.
Each teardrop-shaped bowl was a masterpiece of smithery balanced on a long, elegant handle capped by a tiny Corinthian finial: eight in all, and older than Elijah.
I never heard of a one-armed smith teaching smithery, but then I never heard of a farmer teaching soldiering, either.
We had decided to be the Smitheries, father and son, and Chance told me to ride one stride behind and mind my manners toward my elder, which so amused him in the saying he almost choked.
We had decided to be the Smitheries, father and son, and Chance told me to ride one stride behind and mind my manners toward my elder, which so amused him in the saying he almost choked.