dictionary definitions for "smith"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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