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SMITH , a worker in metals. The O. Eng. smid, Du. smid, Ger. Schmied, &c., are from an obsolete Teut. verb smeithan, to forge. The root is seen in Gr. o sLXtl, a graver's tool
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foundation for the old etymological guess which identifies " smith " with " to smite, " as the one who smites or beats iron . When used without such qualification as appears in " goldsmith," " silversmith," &c., the term
iron , especially as indicating a " blacksmith," one who forges iron, as opposed to " whitesmith," the finisher and polisher of iron, or " tinsmith," a worker in tin. The word has originated one of the commonest of English
Smyth
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