stithy
/stith-ee, stith-ee/US // ˈstɪð i, ˈstɪθ i //UK // (ˈstɪðɪ) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural stith·ies.
- : an anvil.
- : a forge or smithy.
v.有主动词 verb
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stith·ied, stith·y·ing.
- : Obsolete. to forge.
Examples
This he in turn banged down on the anvil—stithy he called it—and beat into shape.
“The iron was never forged on stithy that would hauld her,” said the old maid-servant.
More true metal, rough from the Mimer-stithy, than in many a famed Greek Mythus shaped far better!
These were sparks from his great stithy, but a man of industry and talent might have shown them proudly as a lifetime's labour.
It may defy the best steel blade that was ever forged on Milan stithy to cut it asunder.
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