Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Slŭsh, n. p. 1245Soft mud; sludge; slosh. 2. A mixture of snow and water; snow-broth. [Scottish and Prov. Eng. Collog. U. S.] 3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. 4. The refuse…Slŭsh, v. t. p. 1245To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast. 2. (Mach.) To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.Slūsh’y, a. p. 1245Consisting of, or resembling, slush.Slūt, n. p. 1245An untidy woman; a slattern; — often used in reproach. Sluts are good enough to make a sloven’s porridge. Old Proverb. 2. Hence, a servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.] Our little girl Susan is a most…Slŭtch, n. p. 1245Soft mud; slush; sludge. Pennant.Slūtch'y, a. p. 1245Miry; slushy. Pennant.Slūth'-hound, n. p. 1246The same as SLEUTH-HOUND.Slŭt'ter-y, n. p. 1246The character and conduct of a slut; neglect of cleanliness and order; dirtiness of clothes, rooms, furniture, or provisions; sluttishness; slatternliness. [Rare.] Drayton.Slŭt'tish, a. p. 1246Like a slut; untidy; careless; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. W. Scott. 2. Meretricious. [Rare.] Holiday.Slŭt'tish-ly, adv. p. 1246In a sluttish manner; negligently; dirtily.Slŭt'tish-ness, n. p. 1246The quality or state of being sluttish; negligence; dirtiness; slatternliness.Slȳ, a. p. 1246Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing;—in a good sense. Whom graver age And long experience hath made wise and sly. Fairfax. 2.…Slȳ'-bōots, n. p. 1246A sly, cunning, or waggish person. [Colloq.] Goldsmith.Slȳ'ly, adv. p. 1246In a sly manner; craftily; insidiously.Slȳ'ness, n. p. 1246The state or quality of being sly; artfulness; cunning.Smăck, v. i. p. 1246To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with violence; to buss. 2. To make a noise by the separation of the lips, after tasting any thing. 3.…Smăck, v. t. p. 1246To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. 2. To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by…Smăck, n. p. 1246A loud kiss; a buss. Shak. 2. A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip. 3. Taste; flavor; savor;—especially, a pleasing taste. 4. Hence, influence. “They felt the…Smăck, n. p. 1246(Naut.) A small vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.Smăck'ing, n. p. 1246A sharp, quick noise; a smack. “Like the faint smacking of an after kiss.” Dryden.Smăck'ing, a. p. 1246Making a sharp, brisk sound; as, a smacking breeze.Small, a. p. 1246Not large or extended in dimensions; little in quantity or degree; minute in bulk; diminutive; not great; not much. “To compare great things with small.” Milton. O most small fault, how ugly! Shak.…Small, n. p. 1246The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.Small, v. t. p. 1246To make little or less. [Obs.]Small'age, n. p. 1246(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant; Apium graveolens;—called also, especially as improved by cultivation, celery.Small'-ärms, n. pl. p. 1246Muskets, rifles, pistols, &c., in distinction from cannon.Small'-clothes, n. pl. p. 1246Breeches. See BREECHES.Small'-coal, n. p. 1246Little wood-coals used to light fires. Gay. 2. Coal about the size of a hazel-nut, separated from the coarser parts by screening.Small'ish, a. p. 1246Somewhat small.Small'ness, n. p. 1246The state of being small; as, (a.) Littleness of size, extent, amount, quantity, value, degree, and the like; diminutiveness; weakness; inconsiderableness; as, the smallness of a fly, of a child, of…Small'-piēce, n. p. 1246A Scotch coin worth about 2½d. sterling, or about 4½ cents.Small'-pŏx, n. p. 1246(Med.) An exanthematic disease, consisting of a constitutional febrile affection, and a cutaneous eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is first a papule, the top of which becomes a vesicle, and…Smalls, n. pl. p. 1246Small-clothes; breeches.Sma'lly, adv. p. 1246In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. [Rare.] Ascham.Smalt, n. p. 1246Common glass tinged of a fine deep blue, by the protoxide of cobalt ground fine, and used as a pigment in various arts.Smalt'ine, n. p. 1246(Min.) A tin-white or gray mineral, consisting of arsenic and cobalt, or arsenic and nickel, or sometimes all three combined with iron. Dana.Smār'agd, n. p. 1246The emerald. [Obs.]Sma-răg'dine, a. p. 1246Pertaining to emerald; consisting of emerald, or resembling it; of an emerald green.Sma-răg'dite, n. p. 1246(Min.) A certain mineral; green diallage.Smärt, n. p. 1246Lat. mors, death.] 1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a prickling, local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles; as, the smart of bodily punishment. 2. Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief…Smärt, v. i. p. 1246To feel a lively, pungent pain, particularly a pungent, local pain from some piercing or irritating application. 2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain; as, to smart under sufferings.…Smärt, a. p. 1246Causing a keen, local pain; pungent; pricking; as, a smart lash or stroke; a smart quality or taste. 2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain or sufferings. 3. Quick; vigorous; sharp; severe. “Smart…Smärt'en, v. t. p. 1246To make smart. [Obs.]Smär'tle, v. i. p. 1246To waste away. [Obs.]Smärt'ly, adv. p. 1246In a smart manner; keenly; sharply; actively; wittily; showily.Smärt'-mōn'ey, n. p. 1246Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation. 2. (Mil.) (a.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and…Smärt'ness, n. p. 1246The quality of being smart or pungent; poignancy; as, the smartness of pain; quickness; vigor; severity; as, the smartness of a blow; liveliness; briskness; vivacity; wittiness; as, the smartness of…Smärt'-tĭck'et, n. p. 1246A certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart-money. Brande.Smärt'-weed, n. p. 1246(Bot.) A plant of the genus Polygonum (P. hydropiper);— so called on account of its acrimony, which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.Smāsh, v. t. p. 1246To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here every thing is broken and smashed to pieces. Burke.Smăsh, n. p. 1246A breaking to pieces; utter destruction. 2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.] Halliwell.Smăsh'er, n. p. 1246One who, or that which, smashes. 2. Any thing very large or extraordinary. [Colloq.] 3. One who passes counterfeit coin. [Cant.]Smŭtch, n. p. 1246Taste; tincture. [Obs. or vulgar.] Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it. Shak. 2. [Ger. schmatzer, schmätzer, steinschmatzer.] A certain bird. Johnson.Smăt'ter, v. i. p. 1246To talk superficially or ignorantly. Of state affairs you can not smatter. Swift. 2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge; to smack.Smăt'ter, n. p. 1246Slight, superficial knowledge; a smattering.Smăt'ter-er, n. p. 1246One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist.Smät'ter-ing, n. p. 1246A slight, superficial knowledge; sciolism. I had a great desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in all. Burton.Smēar, v. t. p. 1246To overspread with any thing unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to besmear; to daub; as, to smear any thing with oil. Smear the sleepy grooms with blood. Shak. 2. To soil; to contaminate; to pollute…Smēar, n. p. 1246A fat, oily substance; ointment. [Rare.] 2. Hence, a spot made by an unctuous or adhesive substance, or as if by such a substance; a blot or blotch; a patch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, All…Smēar'dab, n. p. 1246(Ichth.) A kind of fish allied to the flounder; a kind of flat-fish; Pleuronectes lævis of Linnæus. Crabb.