smithwork en · NOUN
Etymology
From smith + work.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The work done by a smith (blacksmith); metal forgery.
Thereon embossed in excellent smithwork was seen the image of a queen of regal port, scion of the house of Brunswick, Victoria […]
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC: