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

Smock-faced adjective Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.

Smockless adjective Wanting a smock. Chaucer.

Smokable adjective Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.

Smoke noun [ Anglo-Saxon smoca , from smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & Dutch smook smoke, Danish smög , German schmauch , and perhaps to Greek ......... to burn in a smoldering fire; confer Lithuanian smaugti to choke.]
1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.

» The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder, forming smoke . The disengaged carbon when deposited on solid bodies is soot .

2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.

3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. Shak.

4. The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke . [ Colloq.]

» Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming self-explaining compounds; as, smoke -consuming, smoke - dried, smoke -stained, etc.

Smoke arch , the smoke box of a locomotive. -- Smoke ball (Mil.) , a ball or case containing a composition which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke. -- Smoke black , lampblack. [ Obsolete] -- Smoke board , a board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room. -- Smoke box , a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc., from the furnace is collected before going out at the chimney. -- Smoke sail (Nautical) , a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. -- Smoke tree (Botany) , a shrub ( Rhus Cotinus ) in which the flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of smoke. -- To end in smoke , to burned; hence, to be destroyed or ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.

Syn. -- Fume; reek; vapor.

Smoke intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smoked ; present participle & vb noun Smoking .] [ Anglo-Saxon smocian ; akin to Dutch smoken , German schmauchen , Danish smöge . See Smoke , noun ]
1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.

Hard by a cottage chimney smokes .

Milton.

2. Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.

The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man.

Deut. xxix. 20.

3. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.

Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field.

Dryden.

4. To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.

5. To suffer severely; to be punished.

Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome.

Shak.

Smoke transitive verb
1. To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.

2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. " Smoking the temple." Chaucer.

3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.

I alone
Smoked his true person, talked with him.

Chapman.

He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu.

Shak.

Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers.

Addison.

4. To ridicule to the face; to quiz. [ Old Slang]

5. To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.

6. To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out ; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.

Smoke ball Same as Puffball .

Smoke-dry transitive verb To dry by or in smoke.

Smokehouse noun A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.

Smokejack noun A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.

Smokeless adjective Making or having no smoke. " Smokeless towers." Pope.

Smokeless powder A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke.

Smoker noun
1. One who dries or preserves by smoke.

2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.

3. A smoking car or compartment. [ U. S.]

Smoker noun A gathering for smoking and social intercourse. [ Colloq.]

That evening A Company had a " smoker " in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.

Strand Mag.

Smokestack noun A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.

Smokily adverb In a smoky manner.

Smokiness noun The quality or state of being smoky.

Smoking adjective & noun from Smoke .

Smoking bean (Botany) , the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. -- Smoking car , a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.

Smoky adjective [ Compar. Smokier ; superl. Smokiest .]
1. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." Shak.

3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.

4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.

5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.

6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. [ Obsolete] Foote.

Smoky quartz (Min.) , a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz .

Smolder, Smoulder intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smoldered or Smouldered ; present participle & verbal noun Smoldering or Smouldering .] [ Middle English smolderen ; confer Prov. German smölen , smelen , Dutch smeulen . Confer Smell .]
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.

The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.

Spenser.

2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

Smolder, Smoulder transitive verb To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [ Obsolete] Holinshed. Palsgrave.

Smolder, Smoulder noun Smoke; smother. [ Obsolete]

The smolder stops our nose with stench.

Gascoigne.

Smoldering, Smouldering adjective Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Some evil chance
Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.

Tennyson.

Smolderingness, Smoulderingness noun The state of smoldering.

Smoldry, Smouldry adjective Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [ Obsolete]

A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke.

Spenser.

Smolt noun (Zoology) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Smooch transitive verb See Smutch .

Smoor transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon smorian ; akin to D. & LG. smoren , German schmoren to stew. Confer Smother .] To suffocate or smother. [ Written also smore .] [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns.

Smooth (smō&thlig;) adjective [ Compar. Smoother (-ẽr); superl. Smoothest .] [ Middle English smothe , smethe , Anglo-Saxon smēðe , smœðe , where ē, œ, come from an older ō; confer LG. smöde , smöe , smödig ; of uncertain origin.]
1. Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. Chaucer.

The outlines must be smooth , imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.

Dryden.

2. Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.

3. Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.

The only smooth poet of those times.

Milton.

Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join
The varying verse, the full-resounding line.

Pope.

When sage Minerva rose,
From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows.

Gay.

5. Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.

This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft
Conceal a traitor.

Addison.

6. (Mech. & Physics) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

» Smooth is often used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, smooth -bodied, smooth - browed, smooth -combed, smooth -faced, smooth - finished, smooth -gliding, smooth -grained, smooth - leaved, smooth -sliding, smooth -speaking, smooth - woven, and the like.

Syn. -- Even; plain; level; flat; polished; glossy; sleek; soft; bland; mild; soothing; voluble; flattering; adulatory; deceptive.

Smooth adverb Smoothly. Chaucer.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Shak.

Smooth noun
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray.

2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.

Smooth transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smoothed (smōthd); present participle & verbal noun Smoothing .] [ Middle English smothen , smethen , Anglo-Saxon smēðian ; confer LG. smöden . See Smooth , adjective ] To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron. Specifically: --

(a) To free from obstruction; to make easy.

Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay,
And smooth my passage to the realms of day.

Pope.

(b) To free from harshness; to make flowing.

In their motions harmony divine
So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear
Listens delighted.

Milton.

(c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.

(d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.

Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.

Milton.

(e) To ease; to regulate. Dryden.

Smooth intransitive verb To flatter; to use blandishment.

Because I can not flatter and speak fair,
Smile in men's faces, smooth , deceive and cog.

Shak.

Smooth-chinned adjective Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.

Smooth-spoken adjective Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

Smooth-tongued adjective Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

Smoothbore adjective (Gun.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled . -- noun A smoothbore firearm.

Smoothen transitive verb To make smooth. [ Obsolete]

Smoother noun One who, or that which, smooths.

Smoothing adjective & noun from Smooth , v.

Smoothing iron , an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane , a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.

Smoothly adverb In a smooth manner.

Smoothness noun Quality or state of being smooth.

Smore transitive verb To smother. See Smoor . [ Obsolete]

Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored .

Du Bartas.

Smorzando Smor*sa"to adjective [ Italian ] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.

Smote imperfect (& rare past participle ) of Smite .

Smoterlich adjective [ CF. Smut .] Dirty; foul. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.