Smith (?), n. [AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smir, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smia (in comp.); cf. Gr. a sort of knife, 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.
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
Tate.
2.
One who makes or effects anything.
[R.]
Dryden.
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Smith, v. t. [AS. smiian. See Smith, n.]
To beat into shape; to forge.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.
Piers Plowman.
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