Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A metalworker, especially one who works metal when it is hot and malleable. Often used in combination: a silversmith; a goldsmith.
- n. A blacksmith.
- n. One who makes or works at something specified. Often used in combination: a locksmith; a wordsmith.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An artificer; especially, a worker with the hammer and in metal: as, a goldsmith, a silversmith; specifically (and now generally), a worker in iron. See blacksmith, 1.
- n. One who makes or effects anything.
- To fashion, as metal; especially, to fashion with the hammer: at the present time most commonly applied to ironwork.
Wiktionary
- n. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
- n. archaic An artist.
- v. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals.
- n. rare One who makes or effects anything.
- v. obsolete To beat into shape; to forge.
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
- n. English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
- n. United States sculptor (1906-1965)
- n. United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
- n. Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
- n. United States blues singer (1894-1937)
- n. someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
- n. someone who works at something specified
- n. religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)
- n. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
Etymologies
- From Middle English smithen ("To work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); create, to work as a blacksmith"), from Old English smiþian ("to forge, fabricate"). Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōnan. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“A white gate with the name smith etched inside was closed and locked.”
“I feel that the 5.5 "on my smith is a good compromise for most situations, but my dad loves his 7.5" red-hawk.”
Thanks for all the good answers to my 44 mag vs. 45 Colt question.
“i also have my doubts when kevin smith is claiming to be directing the darkest bleakest movie ever made as his first departure from 'dick and fart comedy'. but im interested enough to see what he would do.”
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“It's funny cause it's true ahaha jason b kevin smith said it best in 'threevening with ...': "hollywood is the only place you fail upwards ..." truer words have never been spoken.”
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“On the NHS drop in center Chloe smith is fighting to save she omits to mention that it is tory councillors who are the ones trying to close it!”
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“Claustrophobic Inspector, comment #4 has my vote as the best comment of the thread! on May 7, 2010 at 5: 42 am frontrowhero the bitch smith is now unemployed on May 7, 2010 at 6: 08 am justacop”
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“That'll hurt their bottom line. adam sandoval thats not how the kevin smith incident went down at all.”
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“I think "walt smith" is right! thats ethere one BIG bass or one small person!!!!”
“RantingTommy says: smith is playing a character no one could be that stupid and remember to breathe”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘smith’.
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MYTH - spooky creatures
takes the form of a, demon, teeth of iron, unicorn, forest spirit, magical eel, savage humanoid, one-horned animal, creature, headless humanoid, disease-bringing ..., rainbow-feathered... and 607 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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Metallics
Words that relate to or describe metals.
malleable, ductile, shiny, steely, brassy, dull, golden, precious, smelt, smith, tensile, clink and 39 more...
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Last Names That Are Professions
Let's keep this to reasonably well known family names that are or used to be professions, trades, or arts.
fletcher, chandler, goldsmith, carpenter, cook, baker, draper, smith, mason, carter, cooper, mercer and 35 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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franky's Words
formitastic, human resources, cocktail, gravatar, tequila, twitter, moloko, gmail, beeb, mp3, cover art, thumbnail and 184 more...
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Castles and Keeps
Shamelessly ripped off from this site and others (to be named hereinafter). (Fair warning: for my own edification, I may add definitions/comments from the site, but you might want to just go there ...
abutment, adulterine, allure, angle-spur, apse, arbalest, arbalestier, arbalist, arcade, arch, armoury, arrow slit and 410 more...
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Actual and Spectulative Sburb Classes
A list of all known Heroic Classes available to players of the game Sburb within the Homestuck universe, as well as any other words I can think of which would theoretically adhere to the known guid...
heir, seer, knight, witch, maid, page, thief, mage, rogue, sylph, prince, bard and 116 more...
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cutting words
sarcasm, sarx, sarcoptic, syssarcosis, shrew, shrewd, screed, scred, shroud, scroll, scrod, scrutiny and 326 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1500 more...
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Help Wanted
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bull cook, whistle punk, choker setter, cat skinner, hedger, hod carrier, ditcher, faller, bucker, smith, milker, draper and 17 more...
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The Doctor... Doctor who?
"Just the Doctor."
(My attempt at a Doctor Who list, as requested by plethora.)doctor, master, companion, time lord, tardis, dalek, cyberman, brilliant, fantastic, jelly baby, human, alien and 30 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for smith.

lampbane The surname of two of the Doctor's companions on Doctor Who: Sarah Jane Smith and Mickey Smith. Sep 8, 2008
chained_bear Worker responsible for the forging and repair of domestic and military ironwork. Aug 26, 2008