smith

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Smith
    n 1: Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe
         from Great Britain (born in 1919) [syn: {Smith}, {Ian
         Smith}, {Ian Douglas Smith}]
    2: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: {Smith}, {David
       Smith}, {David Roland Smith}]
    3: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic
       songs (1909-1986) [syn: {Smith}, {Kate Smith}, {Kathryn
       Elizabeth Smith}]
    4: United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she
       could vote (1792-1886) [syn: {Smith}, {Julia Evelina Smith}]
    5: United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: {Smith}, {Bessie
       Smith}]
    6: religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830
       (1805-1844) [syn: {Smith}, {Joseph Smith}]
    7: English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown,
       Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
       (1580-1631) [syn: {Smith}, {John Smith}, {Captain John
       Smith}]
    8: Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free
       trade (1723-1790) [syn: {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) [syn: {smith}, {metalworker}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Smith \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See {Smith}, n.]
   To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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         What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.   --Piers
                                                  Plowman.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
                                                  --Tate.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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)
Smith, KY
  Zip code(s): 40867
Smith, NV
  Zip code(s): 89430
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
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)
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)
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)
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
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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 Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
SMITH

John, the bravest man who ever lived.  Smith ate the
first lobster.
    
from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
SMITH

John, secured his renown for living in every city in the
world.
    

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