smith
Anvil-wielding craftsperson
A smith is a person who works metal by heating and hammering it into shape.
The word typically appears in compounds specifying the metal: blacksmith (iron), silversmith, goldsmith, coppersmith.
By extension, a smith is anyone who crafts or creates: wordsmith, songsmith.
The verb means to forge or fashion metal: The blade was smithed by hand. (Capitalized Smith is a common surname.)
Furnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
ironwork · farrier · horseshoe · quenching · tempering · welding · bloomery · hardy
Element twenty-six
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
tin · silver · gold · alloy · ingot · ore · smelting · malleable
Skilled manual tradesperson
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
journeyman · master · handcraft · skilled · toolmaker · wheelwright · armourer · cutler
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
bellows · ironwork · farrier · horseshoe · quenching · tempering · welding · bloomery · hardy · swage
iron
Element twenty-six
brass · tin · silver · gold · alloy · ingot · ore · smelting · malleable · ductile
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- workshopPlace for making or learning
apprenticeship · journeyman · master · handcraft · skilled · toolmaker · wheelwright · armourer · cutler
- job surnamesbaker, barber, butcher, butler, carpenter
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, artisan, potters, craftsman
- ancient metalworkanvil, blade, casting mold, crucible, ingot
- metalworkerscoppersmiths, tinsmiths, bladesmith, bladesmiths, swordsmith
- craftsmencarpenter, cobbler, mason, weaver, potter
- Anglo-Saxon EnglandAnglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon, witenagemot, doom, Northumbria
smithapprentice
Learner bound to employer
novice · unskilled worker · beginner · journeyman · amateur
smithcarpenter
Timber construction tradesperson
woodworker · mason · stonecutter · tailor · weaver
- Maggie SmithBritish theatrical dame
- Joseph SmithLDS church originator
- Jaden Smith
- John SmithDefault fake name
- Will Smith
- Granny SmithTart green apple cultivar
smiths, wordsmith, smithereens, locksmith, blacksmith, smithing, smithy, goldsmith, smithed