stithy

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/ˈstɪði/

noun

An anvil.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounstithy (plural stithies)

plural stithies · alternative stiddy · alternative stythy

  1. An anvil.

    how to forge his sword upon the stithy, as well as how to use it in battle

    1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
  2. A blacksmith's smithy or forge.

    As foul as Vulcan's stithy.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
verbstithy (third-person singular simple present stithies, present participle stithying, simple past and past participle stithied)

present singular third person stithies · participle present stithying · participle past stithied · past stithied · alternative stiddy · alternative stythy

  1. transitiveTo form on an anvil.

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Origin

  1. Old Norsesteði
  2. Middle Englishstithy
  3. Englishstithy

From Middle English stithy, ultimately from Old Norse steði.

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Translations

Bulgarian ковачница
  • ковачница (kovačnica)smithy or forge
Russian ку́зница
  • ку́зница (kúznica)smithy or forge

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APA

stithy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stithy

MLA

“stithy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stithy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stithy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stithy.

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