5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
--Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything [R.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smith \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See {Smith}, n.]
To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth --Piers
Plowman.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
smith
n 1: someone who works at something specified
2: someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it
is hot and malleable) [syn: {metalworker}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Smith, KY
Zip code(s): 40867
Smith, NV
Zip code(s): 89430
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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).
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