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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Smooth'ness, n. p. 1248The quality or condition of being smooth; evenness of surface; freedom from roughness or asperity; as, the smoothness of a floor; smoothness of the skin; smoothness of the water; softness or mildness…Smooth'-spōk'en, a. p. 1248Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.Smōōth'-tōngued, a. p. 1248Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.Smōre, v. t. p. 1248To smother. See SMOOR. [Obs.] Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored. Du Bartas. 2. To smear or dirty. Halliwell.Smōr-zān'do, p. a. p. 1248(Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away.Smōr-zā'to, a. p. 1248(Mus.) The same as SMORZANDO.Smōte, imp. p. 1248of smite. See SMITE.Smōth’er, v. t. p. 1248To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to overwhelm so as to prevent breathing; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stifle; to deprive…Smŏth'er, v. i. p. 1248To be suffocated or stifled. 2. To be suppressed or concealed. 3. To burn slowly, without sufficient air and smoke; to smolder. Bacon.Smōth'er, n. p. 1248Smoke; thick dust. 2. A state of suppression. [Obs.] Bacon.Smōth'er-i-ness, n. p. 1248The state of being smothery.Smóth'er-ing-ly, adv. p. 1248In a smothering manner; suffocatingly.Smóth'er-y, a. p. 1248Tending to smother; stifling.Smouch, v. t. p. 1248To salute; to kiss. [Obs.] Stubbes. 2. To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.Smouch, n. p. 1248A black soil or stain.Smōul'der, v. i. p. 1248See SMOLDER.Smŭdge, n. p. 1248A suffocating smoke. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. 2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke…Smūdge, v. t. p. 1248To stifle; to smother. Halliwell. 2. To smear; to smutch; to soil. Halliwell.Smŭg, a. p. 1248Studiously neat or nice; spruce; affectedly nice. “The smug and scanty draperies of his style.” De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau. & Fl. Judgment falls asleep upon the…Smŭg, v. t. p. 1248To make spruce; to dress with affected neatness. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Drayton.Smūg'gle, v. t. p. 1248To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; or secretly to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; to run; as, to smuggle lace. 2. To convey, or introduce, clandestinely.Smŭg'gler, n. p. 1248One who smuggles, or imports or exports goods privately and contrary to law, either contraband goods or dutiable goods, without paying the customs. 2. A vessel employed in smuggling.Smŭg'ly, adv. p. 1248In a smug manner; neatly; sprucely. [Rare.] Gay.Smūg'ness, n. p. 1248The state or quality of being smug; studied neatness; affected elegance. [R.] Sherwood.Smū'ly, a. p. 1248Looking smoothly; demure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Smūt, n. p. 1248Foul matter, like soot or coal-dust, or the spot or soil which this makes. 2. (Mining.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. 3. (Bot.) A parasitic…Smūt, v. t. p. 1248To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance. 2. To taint with mildew, as grain. Bacon. 3. To blacken; to tarnish.Smūt, v. i. p. 1248To gather smut; to be converted into smut. Mortimer. 2. To give off smut; to crock.Smūtch, v. t. p. 1248To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. [Written also smooch.] B. Jonson.Smūtch, n. p. 1248Stain; dirty spot. B. Jonson.Smŭtch'in, n. p. 1248Snuff. [Obs. or rare.] Howell.Smūt'-mĭll, n. p. 1248A machine for cleansing grain from smut.Smút'ti-ly, adv. p. 1248In a smutty manner; smokily; foully. 2. With obscene language; obscenely.Smŭt'ti-ness, n. p. 1248The quality or condition of being smutty; soil from smoke, soot, coal, or smut. 2. Obsceneness of language; indecency in speaking or writing.Smŭt'ty, a. p. 1249Soiled with smut, coal, soot, or the like. 2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn. 3. Obscene; not modest or pure. “The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd.” Smollett.Smȳ'r'ní-ot, a. p. 1249(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Smyrna.Smȳr'nĭ-ot, n. p. 1249(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.Snăck, n. p. 1249A share; an equal part or portion; — obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, go snacks. 2. A slight, hasty repast. To go snacks, to share; to take part. At last he whispers, “Do, and we go…Snăck'et, n. p. 1249The hasp of a casement. [Written also snecket.] [Prov. Eng.]Snāe'ot, n. p. 1249(Ichth.) A certain fish; the gar-pike; the sea-needle. Ainsworth.Snāf'fle, n. p. 1249A bridle consisting of a slender bit-mouth, without branches. 2. A snaffle-bit. Herbert.Snăf'fle, v. t. p. 1249To bridle; to hold or manage with a bridle.Snäf'fle-bĭt, n. p. 1249A kind of slender bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth.Snăg, n. p. 1249A short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a shoot; a knot. The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. Dryden. 2. A tooth, in contempt; or a tooth projecting beyond the rest. Prior. 3.…Snag-boat p. 1249a steamboat fitted with an apparatus for removing snags, or other obstructions to navigation, in rivers. Simmonds.Snăg, v. t. p. 1249To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. To injure or destroy by or upon a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree; as to snag a…Snāg'ged, a. p. 1249Full of snags; snaggy.Snăg'gy, a. p. 1249Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots; as, a snaggy tree; a snaggy stick. His weapon was a tall and snaggy oak. Heywood. 2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.…Snăg'-tōōth, n. p. 1249A tooth longer than others. [Obs.] How thy snag-teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by the water side. Cotgrave.Snail, n. p. 1249(Zoöl.) An air-breathing gasteropod mollusk, of the genus Helix, which moves very slowly by creeping. The eyes of this animal are in the horns, one at the end of each, which it can retract at…Snāil'-clō'ver, n. p. 1249(Bot.) A plant of the genus Medicago, (M. scutellata of Linnæus);—so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails;—called also snail-trefōil.Snail'-flow'er, n. p. 1249(Bot.) A plant of the genus Phaseolus, allied to the kidney-bean. Loudon.Snāil'-like, adv. p. 1249In the manner of a snail; slowly. Your courtiers move so snail-like in your business. Shak.Snāil'-pāçed, a. p. 1249Slow-moving, like a snail. Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.Snāil'-slōw, a. p. 1249As slow as a snail; extremely slow.Snāil'-trē'foil, n. p. 1249See SNAIL-CLOVER.Snāke, n. p. 1249A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper; a serpent;—the common and general name.Snāke, v. t. p. 1249To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole;—often with out. [U. S.] Bartlett. 2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller one, or with cord, the small ropes lying in the spaces…Snāke, v. i. p. 1249To crawl like a snake. [U. S.]Snāke'-bird, n. p. 1249(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Plotus; the darter;—so called from its long, tortuous, snake-like neck. See DARTER.