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Smith

//smɪθ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname originating as an occupation (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). countable, uncountable

    "Patingham selmonger, who, as it was reported, reneuced the Arians opinion before he dyed. The xvi. daye were burned [at the stake], at Staines. Robert Smith[,] painter, who in the tyme of his imprisonment, wrate byuers thinges in Metre, which were after put in print. At Stortford Stephan Harwoode Alebruer. And at Ware Thomas Fuſſe Jerkenmaker."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Several places in the United States:; A small unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, named for an early settler family. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Several places in the United States:; A ghost town in Humboldt County, California. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Several places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Smith Township. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Several rivers:; A river in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Umpqua River. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    Several rivers:; A river in Montana, United States, a tributary of the Missouri. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Several rivers:; A river in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Liard River. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Several rivers:; A river in Virginia and North Carolina, United States, a tributary of the Dan River. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    Several rivers:; A river in California, United States, flowing from the Klamath Mountains into the Pacific. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    Several rivers:; A river in New Hampshire, United States, a tributary of the Pemigewasset River. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Several rivers:; A river in Linn County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the McKenzie River. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    Several rivers:; A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Montmorency River. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    Smith College (a women's college in Massachusetts, U.S.) countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 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.

    "The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining."

  2. 2
    someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) wordnet
  3. 3
    One who makes anything; wright. broadly
  4. 4
    someone who works at something specified wordnet
  5. 5
    An artist. archaic
Verb
  1. 1
    To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

    "Sigurd took the very best sword That the Dwarfs had ever smithed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, German Low German Smitt, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).

Etymology 2

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-West Germanic *smiþōn, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.

Etymology 3

From smith or Middle English Smith (“a surname”), alternative form of Smyth, itself from smyth (“smith”). Doublet of Schmidt, Smid, and Smit.

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