/smɪθ/
OriginFrom 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).
- 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.”
- broadlyOne who makes anything; wright.
- archaicAn artist.
- To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
“Sigurd took the very best sword
That the Dwarfs had ever smithed.”
- countable, uncountableAn English surname originating as an occupation (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).
“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 imprison”
“This ſyſtem, as it was much eſteemed by many antient fathers of the chriſtian church, ſo after the reformation it was adopted by feveral divines of the moſt eminent piety and learning and of the moſt ”
“John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the lau”
- countable, uncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina.
- countable, uncountableA small unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, named for an early settler family.
- countable, uncountableA ghost town in Humboldt County, California.
- countable, uncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Smith Township.
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada.
- countable, uncountableA river in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Umpqua River.
- countable, uncountableA river in Montana, United States, a tributary of the Missouri.
- countable, uncountableA river in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Liard River.
- countable, uncountableA river in Virginia and North Carolina, United States, a tributary of the Dan River.
- countable, uncountableA river in California, United States, flowing from the Klamath Mountains into the Pacific.
- countable, uncountableA river in New Hampshire, United States, a tributary of the Pemigewasset River.
- countable, uncountableA river in Linn County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the McKenzie River.
- countable, uncountableA river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Montmorency River.
- countable, uncountableSmith College (a women's college in Massachusetts, U.S.)
Formssmiths(plural) · smiths(present, singular, third-person) · smithing(participle, present) · smithed(participle, past) · smithed(past) · Smiths(plural) · Smithe(alternative) · Smyth(alternative) · Smythe(alternative)