What is "smith"

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.

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.

Old English smið "blacksmith, armorer, one who works in metal" (jewelers as well as blacksmiths), more broadly, "handicraftsman, practitioner of skilled manual arts" (also including carpenters), from Proto-Germanic *smithaz "skilled worker" (cognates: Old Saxon smith, Old Norse smiðr, Danish smed, Old Frisian smith, Old High German smid, German Schmied, Gothic -smiþa, in aiza-smiþa "coppersmith"), from PIE root *smi- "to cut, work with a sharp instrument" (cognates: Greek smile "knife, chisel"). Attested as a surname since at least c.975.

Old English smiðian "to forge, fabricate, design," from the source of smith (n.). Related: Smithed; smithing.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith. 2 (context archaic English) An artist. Etymology 2

vb. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

SMITH, formerly called Ascentium, is an advertising agency with headquarters in Seattle. As of November 2012 Smith employs over 300 people in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Atlanta, Ottawa-Gatineau and Toronto. In 2012, the company was rebranded as "Smith" and relocated its headquarters to Seattle.

SMITH's clients include Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola, Nestle, Sam’s Club, Xerox and MasterCard.

The solar system contains several craters named Smith:

• Smith (lunar crater), an impact crater on the far side of the Moon
• Smith (Martian crater), a crater on Mars named for William Smith (geologist)
• H. Smith (Plutonian crater), a crater on Pluto named for Harlan Smith

Smith is an American television drama that premiered on September 16, 2006 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CBS, created by John Wells.

Smith EP is a four-track EP that was released by Canadian indie group Tokyo Police Club on October 23, 2007 in Canada and November 6, 2007 in the US.

A download version of the Smith EP was originally available in the Spring of 2007 with only the first three songs and a different cover.

Smith is a surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, the second most common surname in Canada, and the fifth most common surname in Ireland. The surname Smith is particularly prevalent among those of English, Scottish and Irish descent, but is also a common surname among African Americans, which can be attributed to black slaves being forced to adopt the name during slavery and never changing the name upon the end of the era of slavery and after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. 2,376,206 Americans shared the surname Smith during the 2000 census, and more than 500,000 people share it in the United Kingdom. At the turn of the 20th century, the surname was sufficiently prevalent in England to have prompted the statement: "Common to every village in England, north, south, east and west"; and sufficiently common on the (European) continent (in various forms) to be "...common in most countries of Europe."

Smith was an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969. They had a blues-based sound and scored a Top 5 hit in 1969 with a cover of the Burt Bacharach song " Baby It's You", featuring Gayle McCormick on lead vocals. This disc sold over one million copies between July and October 1969, out-charted popular versions by the Beatles and the Shirelles, and received a gold record awarded by the R.I.A.A.

Smith is a lunar impact crater that is located within the huge walled plain Apollo, on the far side of the Moon. This crater is attached to the west-southwestern outer rim of Scobee and it overlies the northern edge of the inner mountain ring within Apollo. To the north lies Barringer.

This crater is roughly circular and bowl-shaped, with a mildly worn outer rim. Some piles of scree lie along the base of the inner wall in the northern part of the crater. The interior floor is relatively featureless, with a small hill at the midpoint of the crater.

Smith ( 1939) is a short film directed by Michael Powell to promote a charity that helped ex-servicemen who had fallen on hard times, starring Ralph Richardson and Flora Robson.

The Smith family is an American show-business family.

Smith is a 1917 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and Manora Thew. It was based on the 1913 play Smith by Somerset Maugham.

Smith (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Surrey and Godalming Cricket Club who was active in the 1820s and is recorded in two matches from 1821 to 1822, totalling 25 runs with a highest score of 20. He represented the Players in an early Gentlemen v Players match.

Smith Crater is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 66.1°S latitude and 102.9°W longitude. It is 75.5 km in diameter and was named after William Smith (1769-1839), an English geologist, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).