[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