Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smith"
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
--Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smith \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See {Smith}, n.]
To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. --Piers
Plowman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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: {metalworker}]
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