Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Smēar'y, a. p. 1246Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous. [Rare.]Smēath, n. p. 1246The smew. See SMEW.Smēc'tite, n. p. 1246(Min.) A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent, and almost gelatinous. Dana.Smeeth, v. t. p. 1247To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot. [Obs.]Smeeth, v. t. p. 1247To smooth. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Smeg-măt'ic, a. p. 1247Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.Smēir, n. p. 1247A kind of semi-glaze on pottery, made by adding common salt to earthen-ware glazes.Smell, v. t. p. 1247To perceive by the nose, or by the olfactory nerves; to have a sensation excited of, by means of the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; as, to smell a rose; to…Smĕll, v. i. p. 1247To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or particular scent;—followed by of; as, to smell of smoke; to smell of musk. 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; as, a report…Smell, n. p. 1247The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentality of the olfactory nerves,—one of the five senses. 2. The quality of any thing or substance, or…Smĕll'er, n. p. 1247One who smells. 2. The organ of the sense of smell; the nose;—used especially in the plural; the two parts of the olfactory organ.Smĕll'-fēast, n. p. 1247One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; an epicure; a parasite. [Obs.] “The epicure and the smell-feast.” South. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of…Smĕll'ing, n. p. 1247The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.Smĕll'ing-bŏt'tle, n. p. 1247A small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the nose and revive the spirits. Ash.Smĕll'-less, a. p. 1247Destitute of smell; having no odor. “Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint.” Beau. & Fl.Smĕlt, imp. & p. p. p. 1247of smell. See SMELL.Smĕlt, n. p. 1247(Ichth.) A small fish (Osmerus eperlanus), allied to the salmon. It is of a silvery white color, and is highly esteemed as delicate food. It emits a peculiar odor, whence the name;—called also…Smĕlt, n. p. 1247A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] Talk what you will, this is a very smelt. Beau. & Fl.Smĕlt, v. t. p. 1247To melt or fuse, as ore, for the purpose of separating the metal from extraneous substances.Smĕlt'er, n. p. 1247One who melts ore.Smelt'er-y, n. p. 1247A house or place for smelting ores.Smĕrk, v. i. p. 1247To smirk. See SMIRK.Smĕrk, n. p. 1247An affected smile; a smirk. See SMIRK.Smĕrk, a. p. 1247Nice; smart; jaunty; spruce. [Obs.]Smĕrk'y p. 1247“So smĕrk, so smooth, he pricked his ears.” Spencer.Smêr'lin, n. p. 1247(Ichth.) A certain fish; Cobitis aculeata of Linnæus.Smew (smū), n. p. 1247(Ornith.) A migratory aquatic fowl, the Mergus albellus;—called also white nun.Smick'er, v. i. p. 1247To look amorously or wantonly; to smerk.Smick'er, a. p. 1247Amorous; wanton. [Rare.]Smick'er-ing, n. p. 1247An affected smile or amorous look.Smock'et, n. p. 1247A woman's under garment; a smock.Smick'ly, adv. p. 1247Smugly; finically. [Obs.] What's that looks so smickly? Fwd.Smĭd'dy, n. p. 1247A smithery, or smith's workshop. [Obs.]Smid'dum-tāils, n. pl. p. 1247(Mining.) The sludge or slimy portion deposited in washing ore. Simmonds.Smĭft, n. p. 1247A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.Smight, v. t. p. 1247To smite. [Obs.] Spenser.Smĭl'a-çine, n. p. 1247(Chem.) A white crystallizable compound, considered to be the active principle of the officinal species of Smilax, or sarsaparilla. It is tasteless when solid, but bitter in solution.Smī'lax, n. p. 1247(Bot.) A genus of climbing shrubs, which are found in the warm and temperate parts of both hemispheres, from several species of which the medicine sarsaparilla is obtained. Baird.Smile, v. i. p. 1247To contract the features of the face in such a manner as to express pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness; — the contrary to frown. She smiled to see the doughty hero slain. Pope. When last I…Smīle, v. t. p. 1247To express by a smile; as, to smile consent. 2. To awe with a contemptuous smile. [Rare.] And sharply smile thy folly dead. Young.Smīle, n. p. 1247The act of smiling; a peculiar contraction of the features of the face, which naturally expresses pleasure, moderate joy, approbation, or kindness; — opposed to frown. “Sweet intercourse of looks and…Smile'less, a. p. 1247Not having a smile.Smil'er, n. p. 1247One who smiles.Smil'ing-ly, adv. p. 1247In a smiling manner; with a smile or look of pleasure.Smil'ing-ness, n. p. 1247The state of being smiling. And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.Smīlt, v. i. p. 1247To smelt. [Obs.] Mortimer.Smĭrch, v. t. p. 1247To cloud; to dusk; to soil; as, to smirch the face. I'll ... with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak.Smĭrk, v. i. p. 1247To look affectedly soft or kind; to smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smerk.Smīrk, n. p. 1247An affected smile. The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered the room. W. Scott.