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Look up: smock

  1. smock
    A garment supplied to employees to be worn during working hours.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  2. smock
    [v] - embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally, as of a garment
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. smock
    Tower mill built of timber (octagonal) - called smock mill because it resembles a countryman`s smock frock. Only the top or `cap` is turned into the wind. Category: Management in the public and private sector • a loose coatlike outer garment, often worn to protect the clothes while working. Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Smock
    Smock (smŏk) noun [ Anglo-Saxon smocc ; akin to Old High German smocho , Icelandic smokkr , and from the root of Anglo-Saxon smūgan to creep, akin to German schmiegen to cling to, press close, Middle High...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/128

  5. Smock
    Smock adjective Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. Smock mill , a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill , whose whole building tur...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/128

  6. Smock
    Smock transitive verb To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/128

  7. smock
    1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. 'In her smock, with head and foot all bare.' (Chaucer) ... 2. A blouse; a smoock frock. ... Origin: AS. Smoc; akin to OHG. Smocho, Icel. Smokkr, and from the root of AS. Smgan to creep, akin to G. Schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. Smiegen, Icel....
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. Smock
    • (n.) A blouse; a smoock frock. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. • (n.) A woman`s under-garment; a shift; a chemise. • (v. t.) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. smock
    loose, shirtlike garment worn by women in the European Middle Ages under their gowns (also called a chemise). The smock later became a loose, yoked, ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/113

  10. Smock
    A smock was in mediaeval times a loose, knee-length or calf-length garment with a close gathered yoke, made of cotton or linen and worn by women under their gowns. In the 18th century the smock developed into a loose, yoked, shirt-like outer garment often with long sleeves, worn by farm workers. By ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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