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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.