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stythy

stythy is the alternative form of stithy.

Meaning of stithy

Noun

stithy (plural stithies)

  1. An anvil.
    • how to forge his sword upon the stithy, as well as how to use it in battle1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson...
  2. A blacksmith's smithy or forge.
    • As foul as Vulcan's stithy.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Forms of stythy

pluralstythies

Questions about stythy

What is stythy the alternative form of?
Stythy is the alternative form of stithy.

Words near stythy in the dictionary

  1. styrylquinoline
  2. styrylquinolines
  3. styryls
  4. stythe
  5. stythies
  6. stythy
  7. stywe pap
  8. Styx
  9. Styxian
  10. styxosaurine
  11. styxosaurines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stythy (page history and authors); stithy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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