"smithy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsmɪði/, /ˈsmɪθi/ Forms: smithies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪði, -ɪθi Etymology: From Middle English smythy, from Old Norse smiðja, from Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ. Cognate with Old English smiþþe (whence the obsolete modern doublet smithe). See the Proto-Germanic entry for further cognates. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smythy}} Middle English smythy, {{der|en|non|smiðja}} Old Norse smiðja, {{der|en|gem-pro|*smiþjǭ}} Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ, {{cog|ang|smiþþe}} Old English smiþþe, {{m|en|smithe}} smithe Head templates: {{en-noun}} smithy (plural smithies)
  1. The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works, a forge. Synonyms: forge, smithery Derived forms: Smithy Bridge, smithy coal
    Sense id: en-smithy-en-noun-SEHvatv0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36

Verb

IPA: /ˈsmɪði/, /ˈsmɪθi/ Forms: smithies [present, singular, third-person], smithying [participle, present], smithied [participle, past], smithied [past]
Rhymes: -ɪði, -ɪθi Etymology: From Middle English smythy, from Old Norse smiðja, from Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ. Cognate with Old English smiþþe (whence the obsolete modern doublet smithe). See the Proto-Germanic entry for further cognates. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smythy}} Middle English smythy, {{der|en|non|smiðja}} Old Norse smiðja, {{der|en|gem-pro|*smiþjǭ}} Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ, {{cog|ang|smiþþe}} Old English smiþþe, {{m|en|smithe}} smithe Head templates: {{en-verb}} smithy (third-person singular simple present smithies, present participle smithying, simple past and past participle smithied)
  1. (uncommon) to forge, especially by hand Tags: uncommon Translations (to forge by hand): takoa (Finnish), mit der Hand schmieden (German), кова́ть (kovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́ковать (výkovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-smithy-en-verb-zVu6DSu3

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