[smith] 
| 1. | a worker in metal. |
| 2. | a blacksmith. |
| 3. | to forge on an anvil; form by heating and pounding: to smith armor. |
[smith] | 1. | Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist. |
| 2. | Alfred E(manuel), 1873–1944, U.S. political leader. |
| 3. | Bessie, 1894?–1937, U.S. singer. |
| 4. | Charles Henry (“Bill Arp”), 1826–1903, U.S. humorist. |
| 5. | David, 1906–65, U.S. sculptor. |
| 6. | Edmond Kir⋅by [kur-bee] , 1824–93, Confederate general in the Civil War. |
| 7. | Francis Hopkinson, 1838–1915, U.S. novelist, painter, and engineer. |
| 8. | George, 1840–76, English archaeologist and Assyriologist. |
| 9. | Hamilton Othanel, born 1931, U.S. microbiologist, codiscoverer of restriction enzymes: Nobel prize 1978. |
| 10. | Hannah Whit⋅all [hwit-awl, wit‑] , 1832–1911, U.S. writer and evangelist. |
| 11. | Ian Douglas, born 1919, Rhodesian political leader: prime minister 1964–79. |
| 12. | Jed⋅e⋅di⋅ah Strong [jed-uh-dahy-uh -strawng, strong] , 1799–1831, U.S. trapper and explorer, one of the mountain men in the early American West. |
| 13. | John, 1580–1631, English adventurer and colonist in Virginia. |
| 14. | Joseph, 1805–44, U.S. religious leader: founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 15. | Julia Ev⋅e⋅li⋅na [ev-uh-lahy-nuh] , 1792–1886, U.S. suffragist. |
| 16. | Kathryn Elizabeth (Kate), 1909–86, U.S. singer. |
| 17. | Lo⋅gan Pear⋅sall [loh-guhn peer-sawl] , 1865–1946, U.S. essayist in England. |
| 18. | Margaret Chase, 1897–1995, U.S. politician. |
| 19. | Michael, 1932–2000, Canadian biochemist, born in England: Nobelprize 1993. |
| 20. | Oliver, 1918–1994, U.S. set designer and theatrical producer. |
| 21. | Red (Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, U.S. sports journalist. |
| 22. | Sydney, 1771–1845, English clergyman, writer, and wit. |
| 23. | Tony, 1912–80, U.S. sculptor. |
| 24. | William, 1769–1839, English geologist. |
| 25. | a male given name. |
| smith (smĭth) n.
[Middle English, from Old English.] |
| Smith (smĭth) Scottish political economist and philosopher. His Wealth of Nations (1776) laid the foundations of classical free-market economic theory. |
| Smith, Alfred Emanuel Known as "the Happy Warrior." 1873-1944. American politician. He served as governor of New York (1919-1920 and 1923-1928) and was defeated in the 1928 presidential election by Herbert Hoover. |
Smith, Bessie 1894?-1937.  (click for larger image in new window) American singer and songwriter who became a leading blues performer in the 1920s and made nearly 200 recordings, often with musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman. |
| Smith, David 1906-1965. American sculptor who is best known for his use of scrap and welded metal and for his Medals of Dishonor (1940), a series of bronze relief plaques which depict his opposition to violence and greed. |
| Smith, Hamilton Othanel Born 1931. American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics. |
| Smith, Hannah Whitall 1832-1911. American evangelist, writer, and reformer who was a founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1874). |
| Smith, Ian Douglas 1919-2007. Zimbabwean politician who became prime minister of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1964 and unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain in 1965, at which time the country was renamed Rhodesia. He remained prime minister until 1979. |
| Smith, Jedediah Strong 1799-1831. American trader and explorer who opened a number of trade routes throughout the West. |
| Smith, John 1580?-1631. English colonist, explorer, and writer whose maps and accounts of his explorations in Virginia and New England were invaluable to later explorers and colonists. |
| Smith, Joseph 1805-1844. American religious leader. He founded (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and led his congregation westward from New York State to western Illinois, where he was murdered by an anti-Mormon mob. |
| Smith, Julia Evelina 1792-1886. American suffragist. With her sister Abby Hadassah Smith (1797-1878) she became famous for refusing to pay taxes until she could vote. |
| Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Known as "Kate." 1909-1986. American singer noted especially for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," first performed in 1938. |
| Smith, Margaret Chase 1897-1995. American politician who served as U.S. representative (1940-1949) and senator (1949-1973) from Maine. |
| 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 a 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry. |
Smith (smĭth), Hamilton Othanel. Born 1931.
American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.
| Smith (smĭth) Pronunciation Key
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. |
| 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. |
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The Hebrews were not permitted by the Philistines in the days of Samuel to have a smith amongst them, lest they should make them swords and spears (1 Sam. 13:19). Thus the Philistines sought to make their conquest permanent (comp. 2 Kings 24:16).
