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noun

Smith n.

One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. "Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword."

One who makes or effects anything. (R.)

verb

Smith v. t. To beat into shape; to forge. (Obs.) "What smith that any (weapon) smitheth."

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Etymology of 'Smith'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Smith" Quotes from Famous Books

... of her husband. The eagles had picked his eyes out, but had only commenced their feast. This was the first death in the settlement. My father took back the lot, paid for the frame house, kept his smith's tools, and so ended ...

— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 - From 1620-1816 • Edgerton Ryerson

... 1862. Everything is silent in Dreamthorp. The smith's hammer reposes beside the anvil. The weaver's flying shuttle is at rest. Through the clear wintry sunshine the bells this morning rang from the gray church tower amid the leafless elms, and up the walk the villagers trooped in their best dresses and their best faces—the ...

— Dreamthorp - A Book of Essays Written in the Country • Alexander Smith

... buy one of them out of the family, and if any but a Thurston moves that lamp from where it hangs the dead men rise and come for it when midnight strikes. It is falling to pieces, but once when they took it to Kendal to be mended, the smith sent a man back with it on horseback before ...

— Thurston of Orchard Valley • Harold Bindloss

... I'd never be fed if it weren't for old Bates and Mrs. Smith and Cooky." Bates was the butler, Mrs. Smith the housekeeper, and Cooky her satellite. "Nobody gets enough to eat in this house!" added Carnaby darkly, ...

— Robinetta • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... in American History. BY A. W. SIMONS. A forceful interpretation of events in the light of economics.'' Smith- The Spirit of American Government. ...

— Increasing Efficiency In Business • Walter Dill Scott

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