Definition of "blacksmith" []

• One that forges and shapes iron with an anvil and hammer. (noun)
• One that makes, repairs, and fits horseshoes. (noun)

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• "This piece of wit incensed my friend to such a degree, that he called the blacksmith scoundrel, and protested he would fight him for half-a-farthing."
• "However there proved to be one or two people within call – the gamekeeper who lived at the lodge inhabited by Lord John, and the blacksmith from the clachan, who had been carrying some implement home to a distant mountain farm."
• "But now, as Charles Merchant repeated the words, "blacksmith" --"