Smicket Smick"et noun [ Dim. of smock .] A woman's under-garment; a smock. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

Smickly Smick"ly adverb Smugly; finically. [ Obsolete] Ford.

Smiddy Smid"dy noun [ See Smithy .] A smithy. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Smift Smift noun A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.

Smight Smight transitive verb To smite. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Smilacin Smil"a·cin noun [ Confer French similacine . See Smilax .] (Chemistry) See Parrilin .

Smilax Smi"lax noun [ Latin , bindweed, Greek ..........] (Botany) (a) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. (b) A delicate trailing plant ( Myrsiphyllum asparagoides ) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Smile Smile (smīl) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smiled (smīld); present participle & verbal noun Smiling .] [ Middle English smilen ; akin to Danish smile , Swedish smila , Middle High German smielen , smieren , Latin mirari to wonder at, Sanskrit smi to smile; and probably to English smicker . √173. Confer Admire , Marvel , Smirk .] 1. To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.

He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not.

Shak.

She smiled to see the doughty hero slain.

Pope.

When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled .

Byron.

2. To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

'T was what I said to Craggs and Child,
Who praised my modesty, and smiled .

Pope.

3. To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.

The desert smiled ,
And paradise was opened in the wild.

Pope.

4. To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on ; as, to smile on one's labors.

Smile Smile transitive verb 1. To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.

2. To affect in a certain way with a smile. [ R.]

And sharply smile prevailing folly dead.

Young.

Smile Smile noun [ CF. Danish smiil , Swedish smil . See Smile , intransitive verb ] 1. The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown .

Sweet intercourse
Of looks and smiles : for smiles from reason flow.

Milton.

2. A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile .

3. Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence. "The smile of heaven." Shak.

4. Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.

The brightness of their [ the flowers'] smile was gone.

Bryant.

Smileless Smile"less adjective Not having a smile.

Smiler Smil"er noun One who smiles. Tennyson.

Smilet Smil"et noun A little smile. [ R.]

Those happy smilets
That played on her ripe lip.

Shak.

Smilingly Smil"ing·ly adverb In a smiling manner. Shak.

Smilingness Smil"ing·ness noun Quality or state of being smiling.

And made despair a smilingness assume.

Byron.

Smilodon Smi"lo·don noun [ Greek ......... a carving knife + ........., ........., tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach...rodus .

Smilt Smilt intransitive verb To melt. [ Obsolete] Mortimer.

Sminthurid Smin·thu"rid noun [ Greek ......... a mouse + ......... tail.] (Zoology) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridę , -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola .

Smirch Smirch transitive verb [ From the root of smear .] To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face.

Shak.

Smirch Smirch noun A smutch; a dirty stain.

Smirk Smirk intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smirked ; present participle & verbal noun Smirking .] [ Middle English smirken , ASS. smercian , smearcian ; confer Middle High German smieren , smielen , to smile. See Smile , intransitive verb ] To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.

Smirk Smirk noun A forced or affected smile; a simper.

The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered.

Sir W. Scott.

Smirk Smirk adjective Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. "So smirk , so smooth." Spenser.

Smirkingly Smirk"ing·ly adverb With smirking; with a smirk.

Smirky Smirk"y adjective Smirk; smirking.

Smit Smit rare imperfect & past participle of Smite . Spenser.

Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene.

Cowper.

Smit Smit obsolete 3d. pers. sing. present of Smite . Chaucer.

Smite Smite (smīt) transitive verb [ imperfect Smote (smōt), rarely Smit (smĭt); past participle Smitten (smĭt"t'n), rarely Smit , or Smote ; present participle & verbal noun Smiting (smīt"ĭng).] [ Anglo-Saxon smītan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. smīta to smite, LG. smiten , Dutch smijten , German schmeissen , Old High German smīzan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Swedish smita to smite, Danish smide to throw, Goth. bi smeitan , to anoint, besmear; confer Sanskrit mēd to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Confer Smut .] 1. To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matt. v. 39.

And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead.

1 Sam. xvii. 49.

2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.

Prophesy, and smite thine hands together.

Ezek. xxi. 14.

Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall.

1 Sam. xix. 10.

3. To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.

4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.

5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.

The flax and the barly was smitten .

Ex. ix. 31.

6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.

Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.

Wake.

7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.

The charms that smite the simple heart.

Pope.

Smit with the love of sister arts we came.

Pope.

To smite off , to cut off. -- To smite out , to knock out, as a tooth. Exod. xxi. 27. -- To smite with the tongue , to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [ Obsolete] Jer. xviii. 18.

Smite Smite intransitive verb To strike; to collide; to beat. [ Archaic]

The heart melteth, and the knees smite together.

Nah. ii. 10.

Smite Smite noun The act of smiting; a blow.

Smiter Smit"er (smīt"ẽr) noun One who smites.

I give my back to the smiters .

Isa. l. 6.

Smith Smith (smĭth) noun [ Anglo-Saxon smiš ; akin to Dutch smid , German schmied , Old High German smid , Icelandic smišr , Dan. & Swedish smed , Goth. smiþa (in comp.); confer Greek smi`lh a sort of knife, sminy`h a hoe, mattock.] 1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a black smith , gold smith , silver smith , and the like. Piers Plowman.

Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.

Tate.

2. One who makes or effects anything. [ R.] Dryden.

Smith Smith transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon smišian . See Smith , noun ] To beat into shape; to forge. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

What smith that any [ weapon] smitheth .

Piers Plowman.

Smithcraft Smith"craft` (-krȧft`) noun The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [ R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Smither Smith"er (smĭ&thlig;"ẽr) noun 1. Light, fine rain. [ Prov. Eng.]

2. plural Fragments; atoms; finders. [ Prov. Eng.]

Smash the bottle to smithers .

Tennyson.

Smithereens Smith`er·eens" (smĭ&thlig;`ẽr*ēnz") noun plural Fragments; atoms; smithers. [ Colloq.] W. Black.

Smithery Smith"er·y (smĭth"ẽr*ȳ) noun ; plural -ies (-ĭz). 1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.

2. Work done by a smith; smithing.

The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke.

Burke.

Smithing Smith"ing noun The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.

Smithsonian Smith·so"ni·an (-sō"nĭ* a n) adjective Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. Latin M. Smithson , or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. -- noun The Smithsonian Institution.

Smithsonite Smith"son·ite noun [ See Smithsonian .] (Min.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine .

Smithy Smith"y (-ȳ) noun [ Anglo-Saxon smišše , from smiš ; akin to Dutch smidse , smids , Old High German smitta , German schmiede , Icelandic smišja . See Smith , noun ] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [ Written also smiddy .]

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands.

Longfellow.

Smitt Smitt (smĭt) noun [ CF. German schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See Smite , transitive verb ] Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep. [ Eng.] Woodward.

Smitten Smit"ten (smĭt"t'n), past participle of Smite .

Smittle Smit"tle (-t'l) transitive verb [ Freq. from Middle English smitten to befoul. See Smite , transitive verb ] To infect. [ Prov. Eng.]

Smittle Smit"tle noun Infection. [ Pov. Eng.] Wright.

Smittle Smit"tle (smĭt"t'l), Smit"tlish (- tlĭsh) adjective Infectious; catching. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.] H. Kingsley.

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 German smiegen , Icelandic smjūga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; confer Lithuanian smukti to glide. Confer Smug , Smuggle .] 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. Carlyle.

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 turns on a post. -- Smock race , a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [ Prov. Eng.]

Smock Smock transitive verb To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.

Smock frock Smock" frock` A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. Macaulay.

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