[TheForge] Re: TheForge digest, Vol 1 #380 - 12 msgs

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Mon Jun 17 10:10:01 2002


In a message dated 02-06-16 23:13:44 EDT, you write:

<< 
 So why is it called Wrought Iron and why are you called a Blacksmith? >>

Smith -- from "to smite" = "to hit or strike"

Black comes from the black metals, iron and steel