(a) A blacksmith, an ironworker; a farrier; also fig.; also, a worker in various metals; master ~; (b) an artisan, a workman; a carpenter; (c) in cpds. & combs.: ~ col, blacksmith's coal; ~ craft [OE smiðcræft], blacksmithing; ~ hous, a smithy; ~ man, an ironworker; ~ ston, a grindstone; ~ tonges; ~ ware, metal artifacts; ~ wif, ?a female blacksmith; ?a blacksmith's wife; blak ~ [see blak adj. 4.(a)]; gold ~, q.v.; hamer ~ [see hamer n. 3.(a)]; iren ~ [see iren adj. 7.(a)]; metal ~ [see metal n. (a)]; silver ~ [see silver n. 7.]; (d) in phrases: art of smithes, smithes craft, the craft of blacksmithing; smithes belies, belies of smithes, bellows; smithes chimene, a forge; smithes fir, fir of smithes; smithes hamer; smithes sinder, iron slag; smithes tonge; smithes trough; smithes water, water of smithes, water in which hot iron is quenched; smithes werk, a job of blacksmithing; (e) the craft of blacksmithing; craft of ~; (f) in surnames; (g) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.130-31].