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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)