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sil·ver·smith

(sĭl′vər-smĭth′)
n.
One that makes, repairs, or replates articles of silver.
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silversmith

(ˈsɪlvəˌsmɪθ)
n
(Metallurgy) a craftsman who makes or repairs articles of silver
ˈsilverˌsmithing n
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sil•ver•smith

(ˈsɪl vərˌsmɪθ)

n.
a person who makes and repairs articles of silver.
[before 1000]
sil′ver•smith`ing, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:silversmith - someone who makes or repairs articles of silver]silversmith - someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
jeweler, jeweller, jewelry maker - someone who makes jewelry
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Translations

silversmith

[ˈsɪlvəsmɪθ] N → platero/a m/f
silversmith's (shop) → platería f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

silversmith

[ˈsɪlvərsmɪθ] n → orfèvre mfsilver surfer n (= older internet user) → internaute m senior, surfeur m senior silver-tongued [ˌsɪlvərˈtʌŋd] adj → éloquent(e)
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silversmith

[ˈsɪlvəˌsmɪθ] n → argentiere m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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It was on the Christmas day following, in the evening, that, to finish a long train of wickedness, I went abroad to see what might offer in my way; when going by a working silversmith's in Foster Lane, I saw a tempting bait indeed, and not be resisted by one of my occupation, for the shop had nobody in it, as I could see, and a great deal of loose plate lay in the window, and at the seat of the man, who usually, as I suppose, worked at one side of the shop.
However, as I had always most courage when I was in most danger, so when the fellow laid hands on me, I stood very high upon it, that I came in to buy half a dozen of silver spoons; and to my good fortune, it was a silversmith's that sold plate, as well as worked plate for other shops.
To one of these she now proceeded, and, first observing through the window that no person was in but one of her own sex, the silversmith's wife, she entered with the greater confidence and alacrity.
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"I have seen a silversmith's booth there which would serve to buy either side of this street.
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There was the hotel with its gateway, and its savoury smell of cooking; there was the cafe with its bright windows, and its rattling of dominoes; there was the dyer's with its strips of red cloth on the doorposts; there was the silversmith's with its earrings, and its offerings for altars; there was the tobacco dealer's with its lively group of soldier customers coming out pipe in mouth; there were the bad odours of the town, and the rain and the refuse in the kennels, and the faint lamps slung across the road, and the huge Diligence, and its mountain of luggage, and its six grey horses with their tails tied up, getting under weigh at the coach office.
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you would not earn a very good livelihood as a working silversmith at this rate."
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Having no money, and having privately sought advice as to what security could possibly be given by a man in his position, Lydgate had offered the one good security in his power to the less peremptory creditor, who was a silversmith and jeweller, and who consented to take on himself the upholsterer's credit also, accepting interest for a given term.
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As for Koch, he spent half an hour at the silversmith's below, before he went up to the old woman and he left him at exactly a quarter to eight.
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In the same year he formed Anthony Elson Silversmiths, opening a design and prototype workshop in London, working with freelance specialists and concentrating on individual silver commissions, such as the one here.
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Such a treasure would be placed flatteringly in front of the guest of honour at a banquet to underline his status, but less grand neffs, although still fine examples of silversmiths' work, would have been given as gifts, either by or to the host, while others were simply intended as symbols of wealth.
Salt sails still going strong; these fantastic vessels were made for what, to us, is an everyday condiment
Part of Thursday's programme was filmed in the Jewellery Quarter after it was revealed her family ran a silversmiths business.
Hunters find 27 heirs to Valerie's PS90,000 fortune
PAUL STORR is one of England's most famous, yet perhaps also most elusive, 19th-century silversmiths. Some would say he was the greatest.
Quality to set great Storr by; ANTIQUES With Christopher Proudlove Sometimes what glistens most is silver - and it does so most brightly in a new exhibition

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