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A nonce word in (Lewis Carroll)'s (Jabberwocky) combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe".
An anvil.
A blacksmith's smithy or forge.
* Shakespeare
As an adjective slithy
is a nonce word in (lewis carroll)'s (jabberwocky) combining the senses of "slimy" and "lithe".As a noun stithy is
an anvil.slithy
English
Adjective
- 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe'' — Lewis Carroll, ''Jabberwocky
See also
* (Jabberwocky) English terms derived from fictionstithy
English
Noun
(stithies)- (Sir Walter Scott)
- As foul as Vulcan's stithy .