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CIDE DICTIONARY
smith, n. [AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi (in comp.); cf. Gr. smi`lh a sort of knife, sminy`h a hoe, mattock.].
- 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." [1913 Webster]
- One who makes or effects anything. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
smith, v. t. [AS. smi. See Smith, n. ].
To beat into shape; to forge. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"What smith that any [weapon] smitheth." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smith, n. & v.
--n.
1 (esp. in comb.) a worker in metal (goldsmith; tinsmith).
2 a person who forges iron; a blacksmith.
3 a craftsman (wordsmith).
--v.tr. make or treat by forging.
--n.
1 (esp. in comb.) a worker in metal (goldsmith; tinsmith).
2 a person who forges iron; a blacksmith.
3 a craftsman (wordsmith).
--v.tr. make or treat by forging.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
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, wrightROGET THESAURUS
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Agent
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.Also see definition of "smith" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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