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Webster 1913 Edition

Smith

Smith

(smĭth)
,
Noun.
[AS.
smið
; akin to D.
smid
, G.
schmied
, OHG.
smid
, Icel.
smiðr
, Dan. & Sw.
smed
, Goth.
smiþa
(in comp.); cf. Gr.
σμίλη
a sort of knife,
σμινύη
a hoe, mattock.]
1.
One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals;
as, a black
smith
, gold
smith
, silver
smith
, 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.

Smith

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
smiðian
. See
Smith
,
Noun.
]
To beat into shape; to forge.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon]
smitheth
.
Piers Plowman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Smith

SMITH

,
Noun.
1.
Literally, the striker, the beater; hence, one who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as an iron-smith; gold-smith; silver-smith, &c. Nor yet the smith hath learn'd to form a sword.
2.
He that makes or effects any thing.
Hence the name Smith, which, from the number of workmen employed in working metals in early ages, is supposed to be more common than any other.

SMITH

,
Verb.
T.
To beat into shape; to forge. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Smith

Smith

See also: smith and smiþ

English

Alternative forms

  • Smyth
  • Smythe

Proper noun

Smith ‎(plural Smiths)

  1. An English surname​ (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).
    • 1852 August 1, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 114:
      John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who is John Smith? He is lost in the multitude of John Smiths, and individual fame is impossible.
  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
  3. A ghost town in California
  4. An unincorporated community in Indiana
  5. An unincorporated community in Kentucky
  6. An unincorporated community in Nevada
  7. An unincorporated community in South Carolina

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smith

smith

See also: Smith and smiþ

English

Noun

smith ‎(plural smiths)

  1. 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.
  2. (archaic) An artist.
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Etymology 2

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 schmiedene, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną.

Verb

smith ‎(third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)

  1. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

References

  • (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.

Noun

smith m

  1. smith

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Old Dutch, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.

Noun

smith m

  1. smith

Descendants

  • Low German: Smid

Etymology

From smith.

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