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▪ I. whitesmith1|ˈhwaɪtsmɪθ|
[Cf. white a. 2 b, and blacksmith.]
a. A worker in ‘white iron’; a tinsmith.
b. One who polishes or finishes metal goods, as distinguished from one who forges them; also, more widely, a worker in metals.
1302in Cal. Pat. Rolls 50 John son of John le Whyte⁓smith. 1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1735/4 Joseph Carles of Birmingham in the County of Warwick White-Smith, having..received several Edge-Tools to be mended. a1708T. Ward Eng. Ref. iii. (1710) 2 For not a White-Smith nor a Black, Could frame such things as he would lack. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2), Swindon, Staff{ddd}is one of those places which have blade-mills, where scythes, axes, reaping-hooks, &c. after being prepared for it by the white-smiths, are ground to a fine edge. 1826Scott Provinc. Antiq. 104 He was a white-smith, and published various lucubrations under the title of the Tinclarian Doctor. 1833[see below]. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxiii. 603 The brass was sometimes served out to the whitesmith to be manufactured. 1886Fenn Patience Wins xii, I arn't a blacksmith, I'm a whitesmith, and work in steel.
Hence ˈwhiteˌsmithery, the occupation of a whitesmith.
1812Niles' Weekly Reg. 25 Jan. 390/2 Emery..is an article of the first consequence in the cotton and woolen manufacturies, and in white smithery. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 124 A modern whitesmithery establishment generally comprises the..conveniences requisite for the production of every description of work, from what is called blacksmithing..to..machine-making or engineering... A first-rate whitesmith is not only required to understand generally the qualities of common iron and steel, and the methods of..working them; he must likewise have a competent knowledge of the principles of mechanical science.
▪ II. ˈwhitesmith2
[f. white a. + the surname of Sir William Sidney Smith (1764–1840).]
A variety of gooseberry with white fruit.
1860R. Hogg Fruit Man. 89 Whitesmith (Woodward's)... Skin white, and downy. 1900Daily Express 24 July 5/6 The coster..at Covent Garden exchanging his sixpences for 28lb baskets of ‘White-smiths’ or common reds according to the prevailing taste of his ‘walk’. |