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Smith : (noun)
1: Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe
from Great Britain (born in 1919) [syn: Smith, Ian
Smith, Ian Douglas Smith]
2: United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: Smith, David
Smith, David Roland Smith]
3: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic
songs (1909-1986) [syn: Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn
Elizabeth Smith]
4: United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she
could vote (1792-1886) [syn: Smith, Julia Evelina Smith]
5: United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: Smith, Bessie
Smith]
6: religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830
(1805-1844) [syn: Smith, Joseph Smith]
7: English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown,
Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
(1580-1631) [syn: Smith, John Smith, Captain John
Smith]
8: Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free
trade (1723-1790) [syn: Smith, Adam Smith]
9: someone who works at something specified
10: someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it
is hot and malleable) [syn: metalworker]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Smith : \Smith\ (sm[i^]th), n. [AS. smi[eth]; akin to D. smid, G.
schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi[eth]r, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth.
smi[thorn]a (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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Smith : \Smith\, v. t. [AS. smi[eth]ian. See Smith, n.]
To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. --Piers
Plowman.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Smith, KY
Zip code(s): 40867
Smith, NV
Zip code(s): 89430
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Smith : The Hebrews were not permitted by the Philistines in the days of
Samuel to have a smith amongst them, lest they should make them
swords and spears (1 Sam. 13:19). Thus the Philistines sought to
make their conquest permanent (comp. 2 Kings 24:16).
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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