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Smithy vs Blacksmithy - What's the difference?

smithy | blacksmithy |

As nouns the difference between smithy and blacksmithy

is that smithy is the location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works, a forge while blacksmithy is the smithy of a blacksmith.

As a verb smithy

is to forge, especially by hand.

smithy

English

Noun

(smithies)
  • The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works, a forge.
    • Traditionally a village smithy was a busy place because the smith's work was so necessary.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (uncommon) to forge, especially by hand
  • * 1995 , John Francis Campbell, The Celtic Dragon Myth , page 59:
    • So the old smith went out to his smithy and weighed out iron enough to make a stout staff a stone weight, and he smithied' it well while his son looked on. So they weighed six stone of iron and ' smithied a great bent club like a shinny, and when that was made and cooled the smith's son said, "that will do."

    blacksmithy

    English

    Noun

    (blacksmithies)
  • The smithy of a blacksmith.