Definition of "smithery" []

• The occupation or craft of a smith. (noun)
• See smithy. (noun)

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• "I actually have more of a problem with the plotting in The Da Vinci Code than anything else (characters are so implausibly motivated I think I laughed out loud at their actions more than once) but Browne’s actual word-smithery is just as noxious."
• "But by seeing that the place was a sort of blacksmith's shop, Rollo concluded that it must mean house and ship smithery, that is, that it was a place for blacksmith's work for houses and ships."
• "Childbirth is likened to smithery by the Zaramo, as by many other ethnic groups."