Word Meanings - XYSTARCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An office Dr. W. Smith.
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- OFFICEHOLDER
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. - SMITHSONIAN
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. - OFFICE WIRE
Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. - SMITHSONITE
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. - SMITHER
Fragments; atoms; finders. Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson. (more info) 1. Light, fine rain. 2. pl. - SMITH
Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi ; cf. Gr. 1. 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. 2. One who - SMITHCRAFT
The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. Sir W. Raleigh. - OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, - OFFICE
The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either - SMITHERY
1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy. 2. Work done by a smith; smithing. The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. Burke. - SMITHEREENS
Fragments; atoms; smithers. W. Black. - SMITHING
The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon. - SMITHY
The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow. - POST OFFICE
See POST - BOOKING OFFICE
1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold. - CROWN OFFICE
The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill. - WHITESMITH
1. One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith. 2. A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it. - LOCKSMITH
An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks. - SILVERSMITH
One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver. - SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer. - IRONSMITH
An East Indian barbet , inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith. (more info) 1. A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith. - UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer. - BLADESMITH
A sword cutler. - GUNSMITHERY; GUNSMITH; GUNSMITHING
The art or business of a gunsmith. - JACKSMITH
A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden.