Word Meanings - JACKSMITH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden.
Related words: (words related to JACKSMITH)
- JACKSTRAW
1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. Milton. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together - JACKSNIPE
A small European snipe ; -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe. A small American sandpiper ; -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe. - 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. - JACKSTAY
A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened. - 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. - MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot. - 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. - JACKSTONE
One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones. A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck. - JACKSMITH
A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden. - JACKSAW
The merganser. - 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. - JACKSLAVE
A low servant; a mean fellow. Shak. - SMITHING
The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon. - JACKSCREW
A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5. - SMITHY
The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow. - 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. - 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. - BLADESMITH
A sword cutler. - GUNSMITHERY; GUNSMITH; GUNSMITHING
The art or business of a gunsmith.