BLACKSMITH
(also see SMITH)
NOUNS
1250 ► SMITHY the workshop of a smith or blacksmith; a forge
..L17 ► DARBY CRIB a blacksmith’s → sl.
..L17 ► DARBY KEN a blacksmith’s → sl.
1874 ► BLACK WORK the work of a blacksmith
NOUNS, PERSON
1248 ► BLACKSMITH a smith who works in iron or black metal, as distinguished from a ‘whitesmith’ who works in tin or white metal
1483 ► HAMMERMAN a man who works with a hammer; a smith or worker in metal; a blacksmith’s unskilled assistant
1600 ► SMUG a blacksmith → obs.
1776 ► BLACK a blacksmith → sl.
1786 ► BURN-THE-WIND a blacksmith → Sc.
1808 ► SCOWDER-DOUP a blacksmith → Sc., jocular usage
1823 ► BLACK SPY a blacksmith → UK sl.
1847 ► SMITHY a blacksmith → US
1892 ► BLACKSMITH OF KIND a blacksmith the seventh in descent of a family of smiths → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► CALKER a country blacksmith; a person who makes iron heel-plates, etc. → Sc. (Bk.)
..20C ► DARBY COVE a blacksmith → Amer. sl.
1904 ► SCADDEM an incompetent smith → Sc. (Bk.)
1906 ► BLACKY a blacksmith, esp. as a nickname → US sl.
1924 ► NAIL BENDER a blacksmith; a carpenter; a horse-shoer → Amer. dial.
1938 ► IRON BURNER a camp blacksmith → Amer. dial., logging usage
1958 ► IRON BENDER a camp blacksmith → Amer. dial., logging usage
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