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smithcraft

smithcraft noun: the art or occupation of a smith, especially a metalsmith.

Noun

smithcraft (uncountable)

  1. The art or occupation of a smith, especially a metalsmith.
    • Inventors of Pastorage, Smith-craft, and Musick1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)
    • 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.1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 240

Origin of smithcraft

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

Questions about smithcraft

What does smithcraft mean?
Smithcraft means the art or occupation of a smith, especially a metalsmith.
What part of speech is smithcraft?
Smithcraft is a noun.

Words near smithcraft in the dictionary

  1. Smith-Petersen nail
  2. smith-wright
  3. smith-wrights
  4. smitham
  5. Smithburg
  6. smithcraft
  7. Smithe
  8. smithed
  9. Smithee
  10. Smithees
  11. smither

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