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Stithy   Listen
noun
Stithy  n.  
1.
An anvil.
2.
A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. "As foul as Vulcan's stithy."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Stithy" Quotes from Famous Books



... ye black-aproned Smiths, smite; with strong arm and willing heart. This man and that, all stroke from head to heel, shall thunder alternating, and ply the great forge-hammer, till stithy reel and ring again; while ever and anon, overhead, booms the alarm-cannon,—for the City has now got gunpowder. Pikes are fabricated; fifty thousand of them, in six-and-thirty hours: judge whether the Black-aproned have been idle. Dig trenches, unpave ...
— The French Revolution • Thomas Carlyle

... back to the stithy to prepare and make ready meat and drink [3]in readiness for the king.[3] Conchobar sat in Emain till it was time to set out [4]for the feast,[4] till came the close of the day. The king put his fine, light travelling apparel about him, [5]and went with fifty chariot-chiefs ...
— The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge • Unknown



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