[syn: smith, metalworker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
--Tate.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The 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.
[1913 Webster]
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. --Piers
Plowman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
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
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).
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Smith -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 4536
Housing Units (2000): 2326
Land area (2000): 895.430882 sq. miles (2319.155240 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.096078 sq. miles (2.838829 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 896.526960 sq. miles (2321.994069 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.763375 N, 98.795409 W
Headwords:
Smith
Smith, KS
Smith County
Smith County, KS
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Smith -- U.S. County in Mississippi
Population (2000): 16182
Housing Units (2000): 7005
Land area (2000): 635.887128 sq. miles (1646.940031 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.379128 sq. miles (3.571926 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 637.266256 sq. miles (1650.511957 sq. km)
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 31.985054 N, 89.518021 W
Headwords:
Smith
Smith, MS
Smith County
Smith County, MS
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Smith -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 17712
Housing Units (2000): 7665
Land area (2000): 314.414221 sq. miles (814.329060 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.936299 sq. miles (28.324883 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 325.350520 sq. miles (842.653943 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.242096 N, 85.961527 W
Headwords:
Smith
Smith, TN
Smith County
Smith County, TN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Smith -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 174706
Housing Units (2000): 71701
Land area (2000): 928.383237 sq. miles (2404.501444 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 21.064382 sq. miles (54.556496 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 949.447619 sq. miles (2459.057940 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.334795 N, 95.297019 W
Headwords:
Smith
Smith, TX
Smith County
Smith County, TX