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English Dictionary: smith by the DICT Development Group
5 results for smith
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Smith
n
  1. Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
    Synonym(s): Smith, Ian Smith, Ian Douglas Smith
  2. United States sculptor (1906-1965)
    Synonym(s): Smith, David Smith, David Roland Smith
  3. United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
    Synonym(s): Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith
  4. United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
    Synonym(s): Smith, Julia Evelina Smith
  5. United States blues singer (1894-1937)
    Synonym(s): Smith, Bessie Smith
  6. religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844)
    Synonym(s): Smith, Joseph Smith
  7. English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
    Synonym(s): Smith, John Smith, Captain John Smith
  8. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
    Synonym(s): 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)
    Synonym(s): smith, metalworker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smith \Smith\ (sm[icr]th), n. [AS. smi[edh]; akin to D. smid, G.
      schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi[edh]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[edh]ian. See {Smith}, n.]
      To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
               What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.   --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Smith, KY
      Zip code(s): 40867
   Smith, NV
      Zip code(s): 89430

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).
     
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