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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.

The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.] Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson.

Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.

The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.

The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.

Of or pertaining to the Englishman J.L.M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D.C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. -- n.

Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.

The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.] Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow.

A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. Howell.

A sword cutler. [Obs.]

One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.

The art or business of a gunsmith.

A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.

A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden.

An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

One who works in tin; a tinner.