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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smith \Smith\ (sm[i^]th), noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smith \Smith\, verb (used with an object) [AS. smi[eth]ian. See {Smith}, noun] To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. --Piers Plowman.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Smith
noun
1: Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) [syn: {Ian Smith}, {Ian Douglas Smith}]
2: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: {David Smith}, {David Roland Smith}]
3: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) [syn: {Kate Smith}, {Kathryn Elizabeth Smith}]
4: United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886) [syn: {Julia Evelina Smith}]
5: United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: {Bessie Smith}]
6: religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844) [syn: {Joseph Smith}]
7: English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631) [syn: {John Smith}, {Captain John Smith}]
8: Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) [syn: {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: {metalworker}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Smith, KY Zip code(s): 40867 Smith, NV Zip code(s): 89430
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
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
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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