/smith/ , n.
1. a worker in metal.
2. a blacksmith.
v.t.
3. to forge on an anvil; form by heating and pounding: to smith armor.
[ bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE; c. G Schmied, ON smithr, Goth -smitha; (v.) ME smithen, OE smithian; c. ON smitha, Goth gasmithon ]