Chapter 1569

Smelt , n. [AS. smelt , smylt ; akin to Dan. smelt .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.

&hand; The most important species are the European smelt ( Osmerus eperlans ) (called also eperlan , sparling , and spirling ), the Eastern American smelt ( O. mordax ), the California smelt ( O. thalichthys ), and the surf smelt ( Hypomesus olidus ). The name is loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the silverside.

2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.]

eau & Fl.

Sand smelt (Zo\'94l.) , the silverside.

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Smelt , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smelted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelting .] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm\'84lta , D. smelten , Dan. smelte , Icel. smelta , G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan , smelzen ; probably akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. Enamel , Melt , Mute , v. i. , Smalt .] (Metal.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin .

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Smelter <Xpage=1359>

Smelt"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, smelts.

Smeltery <Xpage=1359>

Smelt"er*y (?) , n. A house or place for smelting.

Smeltie <Xpage=1359>

Smelt"ie (?) , n. A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]

Smelting <Xpage=1359>

Smelt"ing , a. & n. from Smelt .

Smelting furnace (Metal.) , a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced.

Smerk <Xpage=1359>

Smerk (?) , n. & v. See Smirk .

Smerk, Smerky <Xpage=1359>

Smerk (?) , Smerk"y (?) , a. Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk , a. [Obs.]

So smerk , so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.

Smerlin <Xpage=1359>

Smer"lin (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small loach.

Smew <Xpage=1359>

Smew (?) , n. [Perhaps for ice-mew .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) small European merganser ( Mergus albellus ) which has a white crest; -- called also smee , smee duck , white merganser , and white nun . (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

Smicker <Xpage=1359>

Smick"er (?) , v. i. [Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre , and perhaps to G. schmeicheln , and E. smile . Cf. Smicker , a. ] To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.

Smicker <Xpage=1359>

Smick"er , a. [AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See Smicker , v. ] Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce. [Obs.]

Smickering <Xpage=1359>

Smick"er*ing , n. Amorous glance or inclination. [Obs.] "A smickering to our young lady."

Dryden.

Smicket <Xpage=1359>

Smick"et (?) , n. [Dim. of smock .] A woman's under-garment; a smock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Johnson.

Smickly <Xpage=1359>

Smick"ly , adv. Smugly; finically. [Obs.]

Ford.

Smiddy <Xpage=1359>

Smid"dy (?) , n. [See Smithy .] A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Smift <Xpage=1359>

Smift (?) , n. A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.

Smight <Xpage=1359>

Smight (?) , v. t. To smite. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Smilacin <Xpage=1359>

Smil"a*cin (?) , n. [Cf. F. similacine . See Smilax .] (Chem.) See Parrilin .

Smilax <Xpage=1359>

Smi"lax (?) , n. [L., bindweed, Gr. <?/<?/<?/.] (Bot.) (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 <Xpage=1359>

Smile (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smiled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiling .] [OE. smilen ; akin to Dan. smile , Sw. smila , MHG. smielen , smieren , L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker . &root;173. Cf. 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 led 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; smilimg 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 .

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Smile , v. t. 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.

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Smile , n. [CF. Dan. smiil , Sw. smil . See Smile , v. i. ] 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 <Xpage=1359>

Smile"less (?) , a. Not having a smile.

Smiler <Xpage=1359>

Smil"er (?) , n. One who smiles.

Tennyson.

Smilet <Xpage=1359>

Smil"et (?) , n. A little smile. [R.]

Those happy smilets That played on her ripe lip. Shak.

Smilingly <Xpage=1359>

Smil"ing*ly , adv. In a smiling manner.

Shak.

Smilingness <Xpage=1359>

Smil"ing*ness , n. Quality or state of being smiling.

And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.

Smilodon <Xpage=1359>

Smi"lo*don (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a carving knife + <?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/, tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach<?/rodus .

Smilt <Xpage=1359>

Smilt (?) , v. i. To melt. [Obs.]

Mortimer.

Sminthurid <Xpage=1359>

Smin*thu"rid (?) , n. [Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a mouse + <?/<?/<?/ tail.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthurid<?/ , -- usually found on flowers. See Illust . under Collembola .

Smirch <Xpage=1359>

Smirch (?) , v. t. [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 <Xpage=1359>

Smirch (?) , n. A smutch; a dirty stain.

Smirk <Xpage=1359>

Smirk (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smirked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smirking .] [OE. smirken , ASS. smercian , smearcian ; cf. MHG. smieren , smielen , to smile. See Smile , v. i. ] To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.

Smirk <Xpage=1359>

Smirk , n. A forced or affected smile; a simper.

The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered. Sir W. Scott.

Smirk <Xpage=1359>

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

Spenser.

Smirkingly <Xpage=1359>

Smirk"ing*ly , adv. With smirking; with a smirk.

Smirky <Xpage=1359>

Smirk"y (?) , a. Smirk; smirking.

Smit <Xpage=1359>

Smit (?) , rare imp. & p. p. of Smite .

Spenser.

Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. Cowper.

Smit <Xpage=1359>

Smit , obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite .

Chaucer.

Smite <Xpage=1359>

Smite (?) , v. t. [ imp. Smoth (?) , rarely Smit (<?/) ; p. p. Smitten (?) , rarely Smit , or Smote ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting (?) .] [AS. sm\'c6tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm\'c6ta to smite, LG. smiten , D. smijten , G. schmeissen , OHG. sm\'c6zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smiide to throw, Goth. bi smeitan , to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m<?/d to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. 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.

Profpesy, 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 barely 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.

Smith 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 upbarid; to revile. [Obs.]

Jer. xviii. 18.

Smite <Xpage=1359>

Smite , v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]

The heart meleth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10.

Smite <Xpage=1359>

Smite , n. The act of smiting; a blow.

Smiter <Xpage=1359>

Smit"er (?) , n. One who smites.

I give my back to the smiters . Isa. l. 6.

Smith <Xpage=1359>

Smith (?) , n. [AS. smi<?/ ; akin to D. smid , G. schmied , OHG. smid , Icel. smi<?/r , Dan. & Sw. smed , Goth. smi<?/a (in comp.); cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ a sort of knife, <?/<?/<?/<?/ a hoe, mattock.] 1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a black smith , goldsmith, 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 <Xpage=1359>

Smith , v. t. [AS. smi<?/ian . See Smith , n. ] To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

What smith that any [weapon] smitheth . Piers Plowman.

Smithcraft <Xpage=1359>

Smith"craft` (?) , n. The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

Smither <Xpage=1359>

Smith"er , n. 1. Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]

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

Smash the bottle to smithers . Tennyson.

Smithereens <Xpage=1359>

Smith`er*eens" (?) , n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.]

W. Black.

Smithery <Xpage=1359>

Smith"er*y (?) , n. ; pl. -ies (<?/) . 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 <Xpage=1359>

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

Moxon.

Smithsonian <Xpage=1359>

Smith*so"ni*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Englishman J.L.M. Smithson , or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D.C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports . -- n. The Smithsonian Institution. <-- capitalized -->

Smithsonite <Xpage=1359>

Smith"son*ite (?) , n. [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 <Xpage=1359>

Smith"y (?) , n. [AS. smi<?/e , fr. smi<?/ ; akin to D. smidse , smids , OHG. smitta , G. schmiede , Icel. smi<?/ja . See Smith , n. ] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy .]

Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. Lonfellow.

Smitt <Xpage=1359>

Smitt (?) , n. [CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See Smite , v. t. ] Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep . [Eng.]

Woodsward.

Smitten <Xpage=1359>

Smit"ten (?) , p. p. of Smite .

Smittle <Xpage=1359>

Smit"tle (?) , v. t. [Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See Smite , v. t. ] To infect. [Prov. Eng.]

Smittle <Xpage=1359>

Smit"tle , n. Infection. [Pov. Eng.]

Wright.

Smittle, Smittlish <Xpage=1359>

Smit"tle (?) , Smit"tlish (?) , a. Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

H. Kingsley.

Smock <Xpage=1359>

Smock (?) , n. [AS. smoc ; akin to OHG. smocho , Icel. smokkr , and from the root of AS. sm<?/gan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. smiegen , Icel. smj<?/ga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. 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 <Xpage=1359>

Smock (?) , a. 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 <Xpage=1359>

Smock , v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.

Tennyson.

Smock-faced <Xpage=1359>

Smock"-faced` (?) , a. Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.

Fenton.

Smock frock <Xpage=1359>

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

Macaulay.

Smockless <Xpage=1359>

Smock"less , a. Wanting a smock.

Chaucer.

Smokable <Xpage=1359>

Smok"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco .

Smoke <Xpage=1359>

Smoke (?) , n. [AS. smoca , fr. sme\'a2can to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. sm\'94g , G. schmauch , and perh. to Gr. <?/<?/<?/ to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. 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.

&hand; 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.]

&hand; 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. [Obs.] -- 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 (Naut.) , a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. -- Smoke tree (Bot.) , 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. <-- same as go up in smoke. -->

Syn. -- Fume; reek; vapor.

Smoke <Xpage=1359>