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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smith \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See {Smith}, n.]
     To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.   --Piers
                                                    Plowman.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
                                                    --Tate.
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     2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Smith
       n 1: Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe
            from Great Britain (born in 1919) [syn: {Ian Smith}, {Ian
            Douglas Smith}]
       2: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: {David Smith}, {David
          Roland Smith}]
       3: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic
          songs (1909-1986) [syn: {Kate Smith}, {Kathryn Elizabeth
          Smith}]
       4: United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she
          could vote (1792-1886) [syn: {Julia Evelina Smith}]
       5: United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: {Bessie Smith}]
       6: religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830
          (1805-1844) [syn: {Joseph Smith}]
       7: English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown,
          Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
          (1580-1631) [syn: {John Smith}, {Captain John Smith}]
       8: Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free
          trade (1723-1790) [syn: {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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "smith":
     Hephaestus, Vulcan, Wayland, ancestors, anglesmith, apprentice,
     architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner,
     blacksmith, bladesmith, brightsmith, bronzesmith, builder,
     conceiver, constructor, coppersmith, craftsman, creator, designer,
     deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor,
     executrix, farrier, father, forger, founder, generator, goldsmith,
     grower, housesmith, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator,
     instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, ironsmith, jawsmith,
     jokesmith, journeyman, keysmith, locksmith, maker, manufacturer,
     master, master craftsman, metalworker, mother, organizer,
     originator, past master, planner, precursor, prime mover, producer,
     raiser, realizer, runesmith, shaper, silversmith, sire, toolsmith,
     versesmith, wagonsmith, whitesmith, wordsmith, wright
  
  

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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Smith, KY
    Zip code(s): 40867
  Smith, NV
    Zip code(s): 89430

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Smith -- U.S. County in Kansas
     Population (2000):    4536
     Housing Units (2000): 2326
     Land area (2000):     895.430882 sq. miles (2319.155240 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.096078 sq. miles (2.838829 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    896.526960 sq. miles (2321.994069 sq. km)
     Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
     Location:             39.763375 N, 98.795409 W
     Headwords:
      Smith
      Smith, KS
      Smith County
      Smith County, KS
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Smith -- U.S. County in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    16182
     Housing Units (2000): 7005
     Land area (2000):     635.887128 sq. miles (1646.940031 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.379128 sq. miles (3.571926 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    637.266256 sq. miles (1650.511957 sq. km)
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             31.985054 N, 89.518021 W
     Headwords:
      Smith
      Smith, MS
      Smith County
      Smith County, MS
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Smith -- U.S. County in Tennessee
     Population (2000):    17712
     Housing Units (2000): 7665
     Land area (2000):     314.414221 sq. miles (814.329060 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    10.936299 sq. miles (28.324883 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    325.350520 sq. miles (842.653943 sq. km)
     Located within:       Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
     Location:             36.242096 N, 85.961527 W
     Headwords:
      Smith
      Smith, TN
      Smith County
      Smith County, TN
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Smith -- U.S. County in Texas
     Population (2000):    174706
     Housing Units (2000): 71701
     Land area (2000):     928.383237 sq. miles (2404.501444 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    21.064382 sq. miles (54.556496 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    949.447619 sq. miles (2459.057940 sq. km)
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.334795 N, 95.297019 W
     Headwords:
      Smith
      Smith, TX
      Smith County
      Smith County, TX
  

















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