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Smithery vs Smither - What's the difference?

smithery | smither |

As nouns the difference between smithery and smither

is that smithery is (countable) the place where a smith works while smither is (chiefly|in the plural) a fragment or atom.

smithery

English

Noun

  • (countable) The place where a smith works.
  • (uncountable) The trade or craft of a smith.

    • Related terms

    * blacksmithery * goldsmithery * silversmithery * wordsmithery

    smither

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) A fragment or atom.
  • * Tennyson
    • Smash the bottle to smithers .
  • * 1920 , Kennett Harris, Meet Mr. Stegg (page 164)
    • That claim of mine, which was yours, has got a seventeen-foot vein and a sandstone roof, and not a smither of slate or bone in it.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) Light, fine rain.
    • (Webster 1913)