smith

6 definitions found

smith - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Smith \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See Smith, n.]
     To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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           What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.   --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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  Smith \Smith\ (sm[i^]th), n. [AS. smi[eth]; akin to D. smid, G.
     schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi[eth]r, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth.
     smi[thorn]a (in comp.); cf. Gr. smi`lh a sort of knife,
     sminy`h a hoe, mattock.]
     1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals;
        as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.
        --Piers Plowman.
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              Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
                                                    --Tate.
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     2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
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smith - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Smith
      n 1: Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe
           from Great Britain (born in 1919) [syn: Smith, Ian Smith
           , Ian Douglas Smith]
      2: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: Smith, David   Smith
         , David Roland Smith]
      3: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic
         songs (1909-1986) [syn: Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn   Elizabeth Smith
         ]
      4: United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she
         could vote (1792-1886) [syn: Smith, Julia Evelina Smith]
      5: United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: Smith, Bessie   Smith
         ]
      6: religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830
         (1805-1844) [syn: Smith, Joseph Smith]
      7: English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown,
         Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
         (1580-1631) [syn: Smith, John Smith, Captain John   Smith
         ]
      8: Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free
         trade (1723-1790) [syn: Smith, Adam Smith]
      9: someone who works at something specified
      10: someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it
         is hot and malleable) [syn: smith, metalworker]

smith - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Smith
  The Hebrews were not permitted by the Philistines in the days of
  Samuel to have a smith amongst them, lest they should make them
  swords and spears (1 Sam. 13:19). Thus the Philistines sought to
  make their conquest permanent (comp. 2 Kings 24:16).

smith - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Smith, KY
    Zip code(s): 40867
  Smith, NV
    Zip code(s): 89430

smith - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "smith":
     Hephaestus, Vulcan, Wayland, ancestors, anglesmith, apprentice,
     architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner,
     blacksmith, bladesmith, brightsmith, bronzesmith, builder,
     conceiver, constructor, coppersmith, craftsman, creator, designer,
     deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor,
     executrix, farrier, father, forger, founder, generator, goldsmith,
     grower, housesmith, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator,
     instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, ironsmith, jawsmith,
     jokesmith, journeyman, keysmith, locksmith, maker, manufacturer,
     master, master craftsman, metalworker, mother, organizer,
     originator, past master, planner, precursor, prime mover, producer,
     raiser, realizer, runesmith, shaper, silversmith, sire, toolsmith,
     versesmith, wagonsmith, whitesmith, wordsmith, wright