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Definition of Blacksmith

1. Noun. A smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil.

Definition of Blacksmith

1. n. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.

Definition of Blacksmith

1. Noun. A person who forges iron. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) A person who shoes horses; a farrier. ¹

3. Noun. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (''Chromis'' or ''Heliastes punctipinnis''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blacksmith

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Medical Definition of Blacksmith

1. 1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. " The blacksmith may forge what he pleases." (Howell) 2. A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, or Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish colour. Origin: Black (in allusion to the colour of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blacksmith

Literary usage of Blacksmith

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1832)
"THE INSURRECTION OF GA'VAH THE blacksmith, AND ZAHA'K's DESCENT TO THE INFERNAL REGIONS. The most distinguished writers agree, that the insurrection of ..."

2. Persian Literature by Firdawsī, Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Ḥāfiẓ, Saʻdī (1900)
"At this bold speech the monarch was dismayed, And scarcely knowing what he did, released The blacksmith's sons. How leapt the father's heart, How warmly he ..."

3. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomass William Hazen Rolleston (1900)
"THE blacksmith OF LIMERICK HE grasped his ponderous hammer ; he could not stand it more. ... The blacksmith raised his hammer, and rushed into the street, ..."

4. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1832)
"THE INSURRECTION OF GA'VAH THE blacksmith, AND ZAHA'K's DESCENT TO THE INFERNAL REGIONS. The most distinguished writers agree, that the insurrection of ..."

5. Persian Literature by Firdawsī, Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Ḥāfiẓ, Saʻdī (1900)
"At this bold speech the monarch was dismayed, And scarcely knowing what he did, released The blacksmith's sons. How leapt the father's heart, How warmly he ..."

6. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomass William Hazen Rolleston (1900)
"THE blacksmith OF LIMERICK HE grasped his ponderous hammer ; he could not stand it more. ... The blacksmith raised his hammer, and rushed into the street, ..."

7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"BY J. HONEY The burly blacksmith singe, While underneath his rapid strokes ... The blacksmith is a jovial man, Who loves a quiet joke, And sometimes at the ..."

8. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"BY J. HONEY The burly blacksmith singe, While underneath his rapid strokes ... The blacksmith is a jovial man, Who loves a quiet joke, And sometimes at the ..."

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