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smith
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sm??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ (“handicraftsman, smith, blacksmith, armorer, carpenter, worker in metals or in wood”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“arranger, smith”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm?y-, *sm?- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.
Noun
smith (plural smiths)
- 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.
- (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
- (archaic) An artist.
Synonyms
- metalsmith
Derived terms
Related terms
- smiddy
- smithery
- smithy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from Old English smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþ?n?. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.
Verb
smith (third-person singular simple present smiths, present participle smithing, simple past and past participle smithed)
- To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
References
- (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.
Middle English
Noun
smith
- Alternative form of smyth
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Old Dutch, Old Frisian smith, Old English smiþ, Old High German smid, Old Norse smiðr.
Noun
smith m
- smith
Descendants
- Middle Low German: smit, smet, smede
- German Low German: Smidd
- Plautdietsch: Schmett
- German Low German: Smidd
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smiths
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sm??s/
Noun
smiths
- plural of smith
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