The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stith \Stith\ (st[i^]th), a. [AS. st[=i][eth].] Strong; stiff; rigid. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Stith \Stith\, n. [Icel. ste[eth]i an anvil, akin to sta[eth]r place. See Stead.] An anvil; a stithy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
He invented also pincers, hammers, iron crows, and the
anvil, or stith.
--Holland.
Wiktionary
a. (context UK dialect obsolete English) strong; stiff; rigid n. (context obsolete English) An anvil; a stithy.
Wikipedia
Stith is a surname of unknown origin,1 and may refer to:
Persons- Bryant Stith (b. 1970), American professional basketball player
- Charles Richard Stith (born 1949), American author and editor; former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
- James H. Stith (b. 1941)), American physicist
- John Stith (fl. 1656–1691), Virginia colonist, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- John E. Stith (b. 1947), American science fiction author
- Laura Denvir Stith (b. 1953), American jurist, judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri
- Michelle Stith (contemporary), President of the Los Angeles, California branch of the Church of Scientology
- Thomas Stith, III (contemporary), town councilman of Durham, North Carolina
- William Stith (1707–1755), an early American historian and the third president of The College of William & Mary
Usage examples of "stith".
He took out the stapled Xerox copies of the fake margin account with Shutts, Gaylor, Stith and Company.
Most of the remaining names represented people Charlie was also familiar with: Herman Rudy, Wanda Tripp, Randy Stith, Bobbie Jo Reynolds among others.
He had made arrangements with a firm down in the city named Stith and Sons.
Literary influences are too numerous to mention, but I would like to extend special thanks to Vernor Vinge, John Stith, and Walter Jon Williams for showing how it ought to be done.
He took out the stapled Xerox copies of the fake margin account with Shutts, Gaylor, Stith and Company.