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(smth), n.[AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smir, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smia (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. Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate. 2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden. Smith v. t.[AS. smiian. See Smith, n.] To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] Chaucer. What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman. スポンサード リンク
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