smith
[ smith ]
/ smɪθ /
noun
a worker in metal.
a blacksmith.
verb (used with object)
to forge on an anvil; form by heating and pounding: to smith armor.
Origin of smith
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with German
Schmied, Old Norse
smithr, Gothic
-smitha; (v.) Middle English
smithen, Old English
smithian; cognate with Old Norse
smitha, Gothic
gasmithōn
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Definition for smith (2 of 2)
Smith
[ smith ]
/ smɪθ /
noun
Example sentences from the Web for smith
British Dictionary definitions for smith (1 of 2)
smith
/ (smɪθ) /
noun
- a person who works in metal, esp one who shapes metal by hammering
- (in combination)a silversmith
See blacksmith
Word Origin for smith
Old English; related to Old Norse
smithr, Old High German
smid, Middle Low German
smīde jewellery, Greek
smilē carving knife
British Dictionary definitions for smith (2 of 2)
Smith
/ (smɪθ) /
noun
Medical definitions for smith
Smith
[ smĭth ]
American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.
Scientific definitions for smith (1 of 2)
Smith
[ smĭth ]
American microbiologist who isolated bacterial enzymes that could split genetic DNA into fragments large enough to retain genetic information but small enough to permit chemical analysis. The existence of these compounds (called restriction enzymes) was earlier predicted by Werner Arber, and their discovery revolutionized genetic engineering. For this work Smith shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Arber and Daniel Nathans.
Scientific definitions for smith (2 of 2)
Smith,
Michael 1932-2000
British-born Canadian biochemist who developed a method for making a specific genetic mutation at any spot on a DNA molecule. He shared with American biochemist Kary B. Mullis the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry.