Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈblæk.smɪθ/
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ˈblæk.smɪθ
Noun
A person who forges iron.
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- Examples
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The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.
More examples (2)
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.
A person who shoes horses.
Usage- Informal
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A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
Verb
To work as a blacksmith.
Usage- Intransitive
Noun
a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
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