Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art of the smith; mechanical work; the making of useful and ornamental metal objects by hand.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare The art or occupation of a smith; smithing.

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  • noun The art or occupation of a smith.

Etymologies

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smith +‎ craft

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Examples

  • Some small jobs he might now and then chance to be alone in -- when the lock of a door had slipped, or the door came off its hinges, or some kind of smithcraft was required at a moment's notice.

    One of Life's Slaves Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870

  • Brigid, the triple goddess of poetry, smithcraft and healing, is a help and guide.

    Grove Harris: Imbolc 2012: Embracing The Shadow Grove Harris 2012

  • Early Hebrews disliked the Great Mother who drank the blood of Abel the herdsman, after his slaying by the elder god of agriculture and smithcraft, Cain Gen. 4:11 Gen. 4:11: And now art thou Cain cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; - King James Version.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • She is the patron saint of poetry, childbirth, and smithcraft.

    Happy Imbolc Brigindo 2008

  • She is the patron saint of poetry, childbirth, and smithcraft.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Brigindo 2008

  • Early Hebrews disliked the Great Mother who drank the blood of Abel the herdsman, after his slaying by the elder god of agriculture and smithcraft, Cain Gen. 4:11 Gen. 4:11: And now art thou Cain cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; - King James Version.

    Lilith Jan 2008

  • But he saw enough to realize that the delivery came from a variety of sources, tanner, weaver, smithcraft for the heaviest boxes, wine from many of the yards, but none, he was pleased to note, from Benden.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • But he saw enough to realize that the delivery came from a variety of sources, tanner, weaver, smithcraft for the heaviest boxes, wine from many of the yards, but none, he was pleased to note, from Benden.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • He said that his name was Roster (Hrosstheow), and that he was skilled in smithcraft.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • But they had a smith there who was professor of the three new designs in smithcraft, and none else would be desired.

    The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908

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