Chapter 1568

Great and small , of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially of persons. "His quests, great and small ." Chaucer . -- Small arms , muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon. -- Small beer . See under Beer . -- Small coal . (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires . Gay . (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening. -- Small craft (Naut.) , a vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size. -- Small fruits . See under Fruit . -- Small hand , a certain size of paper. See under Paper . -- Small hours . See under Hour . -- Small letter . (Print.) , a lower-case letter. See Lower-case , and Capital letter , under Capital , a. -- Small piece , a Scotch coin worth about 2<frac14/d. sterling, or about 4<frac12/cents. -- Small register . See the Note under 1st Register , 7. -- Small stuff (Naut.) , spun yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Small talk , light or trifling conversation; chitchat. -- Small wares (Com.) , various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. M\'bfCulloch .

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Small , adv. 1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.] "I wept but small ." Chaucer . "It small avails my mood." Shak.

2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous]

You may speak as small as you will. Shak.

Small <Xpage=1358>

Small , n. 1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back .

2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.]

Hood. Dickens.

3. pl. Same as Little go . See under Little , a.

Small <Xpage=1358>

Small , v. t. To make little or less. [Obs.]

Smallage <Xpage=1358>

Small"age (?) , n. [ Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley.] (Bot.) A biennial umbelliferous plant ( Apium graveolens ) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery .

Smallclothes <Xpage=1358>

Small"clothes` (?) , n. pl. A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches .

Smallish <Xpage=1358>

Small"ish , a. Somewhat small.

G. W. Cable.

Smallness <Xpage=1358>

Small"ness , n. The quality or state of being small.

Smallpox <Xpage=1358>

Small"pox` (?) , n. [ Small + pox , pocks .] (Med.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar. <-- now no longer observed, after a long campaing of vaccination apparently succeeded in eliminating all human carriers by 1995. -->

Smalls <Xpage=1358>

Smalls (?) , n. pl. See Small , n. , 2, 3.

Smallsword <Xpage=1358>

Small"sword` (?) , n. A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.

Smally <Xpage=1358>

Smal"ly (?) , adv. In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. [R.]

Ascham.

Smalt <Xpage=1358>

Smalt (?) , n. [It. smalto , LL. smaltum ; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. smalz grease, butter, G. schmalz grease, OHG. smelzan to melt, G. schmelzen . See Smelt , v. t. , and cf. Amel , Enamel .] A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.

Smalt-blue <Xpage=1358>

Smalt"-blue` (?) , a. Deep blue, like smalt.

Smaltine, Smaltite <Xpage=1358>

Smalt"ine (?) , Smalt"ite (?) , n. [See Smalt .] (Min.) A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt .

Smaragd <Xpage=1358>

Smar"agd (?) , n. [L. smaragdus . See Emerald .] The emerald. [Obs.]

Bale.

Smaragdine <Xpage=1358>

Sma*rag"dine (?) , a. [L. smaragdinus , Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/.] Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.

Smaragdite <Xpage=1358>

Sma*rag"dite (?) , n. [Cf. F. smaragdite ; -- so called from its emerald-green color. See Smaragd .] (Min.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.

Smart <Xpage=1358>

Smart (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smarted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smarting .] [OE. smarten , AS. smeortan ; akin to D. smarten , smerten , G. schmerzen , OHG. smerzan , Dan. smerte , SW. sm\'84rta , D. smart , smert , a pain, G. schmerz , Ohg. smerzo , and probably to L. mordere to bite; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, terrible, fearful, Skr. m<?/d to rub, crush. Cf. Morsel .] 1. To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts ; these wounds smart .

Chaucer. Shak.

2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.

No creature smarts so little as a fool. Pope.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15.

Smart <Xpage=1358>

Smart , v. t. To cause a smart in. "A goad that . . . smarts the flesh."

T. Adams.

Smart <Xpage=1358>

Smart , n. [OE. smerte . See Smart , v. i. ] 1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles. "In pain's smart ."

Chaucer.

2. Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction .

To stand 'twixt us and our deserved smart . Milton.

Counsel mitigates the greatest smart . Spenser.

3. A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy. [Slang]

Fielding.

4. Smart money (see below). [Canf]

Smart <Xpage=1358>

Smart (?) , a. [ Compar. Smarter (?) ; superl. Smartest .] [OE. smerte . See Smart , v. i. ] 1. Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste .

How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience. Shak.

2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain .

3. Vigorous; sharp; severe. " Smart skirmishes, in which many fell."

Clarendon.

4. Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever. [Colloq.]

5. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. "The stars shine smarter ."

Dryden.

6. Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying .

Who, for the poor renown of being smart Would leave a sting within a brother's heart? Young.

A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart . Addison.

7. Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown . <-- in modifying dress or appearance, now used in the sense of "neat, trim", or "stylish, attractive, elegant." -->

8. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze .

Smart money . (a) Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation . (b) (Mil.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service . (c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done . Burrill . Greenleaf . <-- = punitive damages?. (d) (Finance) Knowledgeable investors or bettors. "The smart money says that technology stocks are at a peak." --> -- Smart ticket , a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money. [Eng.] Brande & C.

Syn. -- Pungent; poignant; sharp; tart; acute; quick; lively; brisk; witty; clever; keen; dashy; showy. -- Smart , Clever . Smart has been much used in New England to describe a person who is intelligent, vigorous, and active; as, a smart young fellow; a smart workman, etc., conciding very nearly with the English sense of clever . The nearest approach to this in England is in such expressions as, he was smart (pungent or witty) in his reply, etc.; but smart and smartness, when applied to persons, more commonly refer to dress; as, a smart appearance; a smart gown, etc.

Smarten <Xpage=1358>

Smart"en (?) , v. t. To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up . [Colloq.]

She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.

Smartle <Xpage=1358>

Smar"tle (?) , v. i. To waste away. [Prov. Eng.]

Smartly <Xpage=1358>

Smart"ly (?) , adv. In a smart manner.

Smartness <Xpage=1358>

Smart"ness , n. The quality or state of being smart.

Smartweed <Xpage=1358>

Smart"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum ( P. Hydropiper ), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.

Smash <Xpage=1358>

Smash (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smashed (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing .] [Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.] To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. Burke.

Smash <Xpage=1358>

Smash , v. i. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.

Smash <Xpage=1358>

Smash , n. 1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.]

Smasher <Xpage=1358>

Smash"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

2. Anything very large or extraordinary. [Slang]

3. One who passes counterfeit coin. [Cant, Eng.]

Smatch <Xpage=1358>

Smatch (?) , n. [OE. smach , smak . See Smack taste.] Taste; tincture; smack. [Obs.]

Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it. Shak.

Smatch <Xpage=1358>

Smatch , v. i. To smack. [Obs.]

Banister (1578).

Smatter <Xpage=1358>

Smat"ter (?) , v. i. [OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.] 1. To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

Of state affairs you can not smatter . Swift.

2. To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.

Smatter <Xpage=1358>

Smat"ter , v. t. 1. To talk superficially about.

2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.

Chaucer.

Smatter <Xpage=1358>

Smat"ter , n. Superficial knowledge; a smattering.

Smatterer <Xpage=1358>

Smat"ter*er (?) , n. One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist.

Smattering <Xpage=1358>

Smat"ter*ing , n. A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

I had a great desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in all. Burton.

Smear <Xpage=1358>

Smear (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smeared (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing .] [OE. smeren , smerien , AS. smierwan , smyrwan , fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren , OHG. smirwen , G. schmieren , Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear , n. ] 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil . " Smear the sleepy grooms with blood."

Shak.

2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy .

Shak.

Smear <Xpage=1358>

Smear , n. [OE. smere ,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer , G. schmeer , OHG. smero , Icel. smj\'94r , Sw. & Dan. sm\'94r butter, Goth. sma\'a1r<?/r fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. Smirch .] 1. A fat, oily substance; oinment.

Johnson.

2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. Alexander Smith.

Smear dab <Xpage=1358>

Smear" dab" (?) . (Zo\'94l.) The sand fluke (b) . [Prov. Eng.]

Smeared <Xpage=1358>

Smeared (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth ( Apatela oblinita ) . <-- #sic ?sp. Under "dagger moth", it says genus = Apatalea -->

Smeary <Xpage=1358>

Smear"y (?) , a. Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous.

Rowe.

Smeath <Xpage=1358>

Smeath (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The smew. [Prov. Eng.]

Smectite <Xpage=1358>

Smec"tite (?) , n. [G. smectit , fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a kind of fuller's earth, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to wipe off.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost gelatinous.

Smee <Xpage=1358>

Smee (?) , n. [Cf. Smew .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The pintail duck. (b) The widgeon. (c) The poachard. (d) The smew. [Prov. Eng.]

Smeeth <Xpage=1358>

Smeeth (?) , v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot. [Obs.]

Smeeth <Xpage=1358>

Smeeth (?) , v. t. [OE. sme<?/en , AS. sm<?/<?/ian . See Smooth .] To smooth. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Smegma <Xpage=1358>

Smeg"ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ soap, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to wash off.] (Physiol.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands. Specifically: (a) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants . (b) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.

Smegmatic <Xpage=1358>

Smeg*mat"ic (?) , a. Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.

Smeir <Xpage=1358>

Smeir (?) , n. A salt glaze on pottery, made by adding common salt to an earthenware glaze.

Smell <Xpage=1358>

Smell (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smelled (?) , Smelt (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling .] [OE. smellen , smillen , smullen ; cf. LG. smellen , smelen , sm\'94len , schmelen , to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder . Cf. Smell , n. ] 1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes .

2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out . "I smell a device."

Shak.

Can you smell him out by that? Shak.

3. To give heed to. [Obs.]

From that time forward I began to smell the Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. Latimer.

To smell a rat , to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] -- To smell out , to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]

Smell <Xpage=1358>

Smell , v. i. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of ; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk .

2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny .

Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. Milton.

3. To exercise the sense of smell.

Ex. xxx. 38.

4. To exercise sagacity.

Shak.

Smell <Xpage=1358>

Smell , n. [OE. smel , smil , smul , smeol . See Smell , v. t. ] (Physiol.) 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense .

2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint .

Breathing the smell of field and grove. Milton.

That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. Bacon.

Syn. -- Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.

Smeller <Xpage=1358>

Smell"er (?) , n. 1. One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.

2. The nose. [Pugilists' Slang]

Smell-feast <Xpage=1358>

Smell"-feast` (?) , n. 1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.

The epicure and the smell-feast . South.

2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.

Smelling <Xpage=1358>

Smell"ing , n. 1. The act of one who smells.

2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.

Locke.

Smelling bottle , a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.

Smell-less <Xpage=1358>

Smell"-less , a. Destitute of smell; having no odor.

Daisies smell-less , yet most quaint. Beau & Fl.

Smelt <Xpage=1358>

Smelt (?) , imp. & p. p. of Smell .

Smelt <Xpage=1358>