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n. [ Black (in allusion to the color of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith. ] 1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis, or Heliastes punctipinnis), of a blackish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sword cutler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A telephone transmitter in which a carbon contact is used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; a smell. ] (Min.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. goldsmi&unr_;. See Gold., and Smith. ] 1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A banker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Goldsmith beetle (Zool.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family Scarabæidæ [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.

{ } n. The art or business of a gunsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person whose occupation is to make, mend, or install locks, or to make keys for locks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of osmious acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

rare imp. & p. p. of Smite. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Smote rarely Smit p. p. Smitten rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting ] [ AS. smītan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. smīta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. smīzan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. mēd to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. Smut. ] 1. To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]

And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. 1 Sam. xvii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. Ezek. xxi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. 1 Sam. xix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flax and the barly was smitten. Ex. ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smit with the love of sister arts we came. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To smite off, to cut off. --
To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. Exod. xxi. 27. --
To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [ Obs. ] Jer. xviii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of smiting; a blow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who smites. [ 1913 Webster ]

I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. smið; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smiðr, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smiþa (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 ]

v. t. [ AS. smiðian. See Smith, n. ] To beat into shape; to forge. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

What smith that any [ weapon ] smitheth. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [ R. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Light, fine rain. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Fragments; atoms; finders. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [ Colloq. ] W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ies 1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Work done by a smith; smithing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Smithsonian. ] (Min.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. smiððe, fr. smið; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smiðja. See Smith, n. ] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [ Written also smiddy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See Smite, v. t. ] Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep. [ Eng. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Smite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See Smite, v. t. ] To infect. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Infection. [ Pov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Infectious; catching. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who works in tin; a tinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting. ] [ L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See Missile. ] 1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Transmission. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Transmission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being transmitted; transmissible. [ 1913 Webster ]