a. [ AS. stīð. ] Strong; stiff; rigid. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. steði an anvil, akin to staðr place. See Stead. ] An anvil; a stithy. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He invented also pincers, hammers, iron crows, and the anvil, or stith. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stith, and cf. Stiddy. ] 1. An anvil. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. “As foul as Vulcan's stithy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To forge on an anvil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The forge that stithied Mars his helm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]