• Smithwork

    Origin

    smith + work

    Full definition of smithwork

    Noun

    smithwork

    (uncountable)
    1. The work done by a smith (blacksmith); metal forgery
      • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses (novel) Episode 12, The CyclopsThereon embossed in excellent smithwork was seen the image of a queen of regal port, scion of the house of Brunswick, Victoria...
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