smithcraft

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English smythcraft, from Old English smiþcræft, equivalent to smith +‎ craft.

Noun

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smithcraft (uncountable)

  1. The art or occupation of a smith, especially a metalsmith.
    • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World [], London: [] William Stansby for Walter Burre, [], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
      Inventors of Pastorage, Smith-craft, and Musick
    • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 240:
      Like Minerva, Brigit was a goddess of poetry and wisdom, and she had two sisters also called Brigit, who presided over leechcraft and smithcraft respectively.
    • 2008, J.T. Sibley, The Hammer of the Smith:
      The villagers were counting on his smithcraft skills to produce the very best weaponry possible.

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