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blacksmith

[blak-smith] / ˈblækˌsmɪθ /


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He then asked a local blacksmith to turn his idea into a functional device.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

"Being able to be the blacksmith returning to Gretna after 150 years really is an honour," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Pompeii, there are Avianius, a teenager apprenticed to a blacksmith, and Julia Felix, a rare female businesswoman who runs a kind of spa cum entertainment center for the well-to-do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Papa and I went to the blacksmith shop to finish our work.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Joe said there were more blacksmiths than people might expect, with about 1,800 members of the British Artistic Blacksmithing Association.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

They were doctors, lawyers, politicians, scientists, teachers, politicians, engineers, blacksmiths, generals, soldiers, artists, poets, writers, artisans, farmers, explorers, businesspeople, philosophers, and people from a range of other backgrounds.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023

The sound of the blacksmiths hammer on his anvil reminded me of Polly, our tardy serving girl.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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