blacksmith
See also: Blacksmith
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
black (color of iron) + smith (related to smite)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
blacksmith (plural blacksmiths)
- A person who forges iron.
- Synonyms: (Scotland, obsolete, slang) burn-the-wind, ironsmith
- Coordinate terms: goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge
- Hyponyms: bladesmith, swordsmith
- Hypernyms: smith, metalsmith, smithy
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
- The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- (informal) A person who shoes horses.
- Synonym: farrier
- A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
Usage notesEdit
Historically, blacksmiths in small communities have played a number of other roles, including farrier, wainwright and wheelwright. However, blacksmithing properly refers to the forging of iron, and blacksmiths and farriers themselves make the distinction.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
iron forger — See also translations at smith
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farrier (colloquial) — See also translations at farrier
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VerbEdit
blacksmith (third-person singular simple present blacksmiths, present participle blacksmithing, simple past and past participle blacksmithed)
- (intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.