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 ]

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

n. 1. One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it. [ 1913 Webster ]