smith

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 ]