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One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.

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  1. n. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.
  2. n. One who makes or effects anything.
  3. n. To beat into shape; to forge.
  4. n. someone who works at something specified
  5. n. someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
  6. 1. One who forgess 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. To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.] Chaucer. What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.
  7. To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.] Chaucer.What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.
  8. n. Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) n. United States sculptor (1906-1965) n. United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)