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blacksmith

Artisan who works with iron by forging and welding. Until cars and tractors replaced horses and carts, the blacksmith was a vital member of the rural community.

Apart from shoeing horses (farriery), a blacksmith's work included the maintenance of wagons, carriages, and farm equipment, and the manufacture of articles for domestic and agricultural use. Modern blacksmiths benefit from the popularity of horse riding, and have also turned to making decorative objects in wrought iron.



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There only remained the blacksmith's shop, and though the blacksmith was a Puritan and none of his people, Wilfred Bohun had heard some scandals about a beautiful and rather celebrated wife.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
she asked despairingly, and seemed to glimpse a vision of all her future life stretched out before her, with always the form and face of the burly blacksmith pursuing her.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
But Old Jeff Hooker he throwed cold water on the whole business when we got to his blacksmith shop and told him what we come for.
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