blacksmith
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He then asked a local blacksmith to turn his idea into a functional device.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 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
The game was played on a field behind the shop of the local blacksmith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Every ten miles along the traveled routes a general store and blacksmith shop happened, and these became the nuclei of little towns, Bradley, King City, Greenfield.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
However, eloping couples could pop over the border and be married simply by stating their intent in front of witnesses - usually at the blacksmiths.
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
In Denny’s telling, dreams of wizards and blacksmiths, dark forests and dank castles shape the newest digital realms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Our village at the edge of the Białowieża Forest was made up of farmers and blacksmiths, butchers and tailors, teachers and shopkeepers.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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