smithers (smitherz)

pl. [Origin obscure.] Same as smithereens. [Colloq.] "Smash the bottle to smithers , the Divil 's in 'im," said I. Tennyson, Northern Cobbler, xviii. smithery (smith'er-i), n.; pl. smitheries (-iz). [ smith + -ery.] 1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy; especially, a shop where wrought iron work is made. The smithery is as popular with the boys as any department of the school. The Century , XXXVIII. 923. 2. The practice of mechanical work, especially in iron: usually applied to hammer-work, as distinguished from more delicate manual operations. Also smithing. The din of all this smithery may some time or other po ibly wake this noble duke. Burke , To a Noble Lord. Smith i an (smith'i-an), a. [ Smith (see def., and smith, n.) + -ian.] Of or pertaining to Adam Smith, a Scottish political economist (1723-90), or his economic doctrines. In fact the theological a umptions and inferences of the Smith i an economy greatly aided in giving it currency. New Princeton Rev. , V. 339.