The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1570
Smoke , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smoked (?) ; p. pr. & vb n. Smoking .] [AS. smocian ; akin to D. smoken , G. schmauchen , Dan. sm\'94ge . See Smoke , n. ] 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.
<-- To be smoking, (a) [Colloq] (Entertainment, sports) To perform in an exciting manner. (b) (Gambling) To be winning in a long streak -->
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Smoke , v. t. 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 .
<-- also used metaphorically, to expose, to cause to be made public; to drive out, as if by smoke. -->
Smoke-dry <Xpage=1359>
Smoke"-dry` (?) , v. t. To dry by or in smoke.
Smokehouse <Xpage=1359>
Smoke"house` (?) , n. A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
Smokejack <Xpage=1359>
Smoke"jack` (?) , n. A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
Smokeless <Xpage=1359>
Smoke"less , a. Making or having no smoke. " Smokeless towers."
Pope.
Smoker <Xpage=1359>
Smok"er (?) , n. 1. One who dries or preserves by smoke.
2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.
3. A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
Smokestack <Xpage=1359>
Smoke"stack` (?) , n. 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.
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Smokily <Xpage=1360>
Smok"i*ly (?) , adv. In a smoky manner.
Smokiness <Xpage=1360>
Smok"i*ness , n. The quality or state of being smoky.
Smoking <Xpage=1360>
Smok"ing , a. & n. from Smoke .
Smoking bean (Bot.) , 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.
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Smok"y (?) , a. [ 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. [Obs.]
Foote.
Smoky quartz (Min.) , a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz .
Smolder, Smoulder <Xpage=1360>
Smol"der , Smoul"der (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Smoldered (?) or Smouldered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering .] [OE. smolderen ; cf. Prov. G. sm\'94len , smelen , D. smeulen . Cf. 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 <Xpage=1360>
Smol"der , Smoul"der , v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.]
Holinshed. Palsgrave.
Smolder, Smoulder <Xpage=1360>
Smol"der , Smoul"der , n. Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
Smoldering, Smouldering <Xpage=1360>
Smol"der*ing , Smoul"der*ing , a. 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 <Xpage=1360>
Smol"der*ing*ness , Smoul"der*ing*ness (?) , n. The state of smoldering.
Smoldry, Smouldry <Xpage=1360>
Smol"dry , Smoul"dry (?) , a. Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.]
A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. Spenser.
Smolt <Xpage=1360>
Smolt (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
Smooch <Xpage=1360>
Smooch (?) , v. t. See Smutch .
<-- 2. To kiss; to neck; to pet. -->
<-- Smooch, n. a kiss. -->
Smoor <Xpage=1360>
Smoor (?) , v. t. [AS. smorian ; akin to D. & LG. smoren , G. schmoren to stew. Cf. Smother .] To suffocate or smother. [Written also smore .] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sir T. More. Burns.
Smooth <Xpage=1360>
Smooth (?) , a. [ Compar. Smoother (?) ; superl. Smoothest .] [OE. smothe , smethe , AS. sm&emac;&edh;e , sm&oe;&edt;e , where &emac;, &oe;, come from an older &omac;; cf. LG. sm\'94de , sm\'94e , sm\'94dig ; 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.
&hand; 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.
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Smooth , adv. Smoothly.
Chaucer.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. Shak.
Smooth <Xpage=1360>
Smooth , n. 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 <Xpage=1360>
Smooth , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smoothed (sm&oomac;thd) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoothing .] [OE. smothen , smethen , AS. sm&emac;&edh;ian ; cf. LG. sm\'94den . See Smooth , a. ] 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.
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Smooth , v. i. To flatter; to use blandishment.
Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth , deceive and cog. Shak.
Smoothbore <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"bore` (?) , a. (Gun.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled . -- n. A smoothbore firearm.
Smooth-chinned <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"-chinned` (?) , a. Having a smooth chin; beardless.
Drayton.
Smoothen <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"en (?) , v. t. To make smooth. [Obs.]
Smoother <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, smooths.
Smoothing <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"ing , a. & n. fr. 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 <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"ly , adv. In a smooth manner.
Smoothness <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"ness , n. Quality or state of being smooth.
Smooth-spoken <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"-spo`ken (?) , a. Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
Smooth-tongued <Xpage=1360>
Smooth"-tongued` (?) , a. Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
Smore <Xpage=1360>
Smore (?) , v. t. To smother. See Smoor . [Obs.]
Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored . Du Bartas.
Smorzando, Smorsato <Xpage=1360>
Smor*zan"do (?) , Smor*sa"to (?) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
Smote <Xpage=1360>
Smote (?) , imp. (∧ rare p. p.) of Smite .
Smoterlich <Xpage=1360>
Smo"ter*lich (?) , a. [CF. Smut .] Dirty foul. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
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Smoth"er (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smothered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering .] [OE. smotheren ; akin to E. smoor . See Smoor .] 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child .
2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire .
3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure .
Smother <Xpage=1360>
Smoth"er , v. i. 1. To be suffocated or stifled.
2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
Smother <Xpage=1360>
Smoth"er , n. [OE. smorther . See Smother , v. t. ] 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust.
Shak.
2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
Not to keep their suspicions in smother . Bacon.
Smother fly (Zo\'94l.) , an aphid.
Smotheriness <Xpage=1360>
Smoth"er*i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being smothery.
Smotheringly <Xpage=1360>
Smoth"er*ing*ly , adv. In a smothering manner.
Smothery <Xpage=1360>
Smoth"er*y (?) , a. Tending to smother; stifling.
Smouch <Xpage=1360>
Smouch (?) , v. t. [Akin to smack .] To kiss closely. [Obs.]
P. Stubbes.
Smouch <Xpage=1360>
Smouch , v. t. [See Smutch .] To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face .
Smouch <Xpage=1360>
Smouch , n. A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Smoulder <Xpage=1360>
Smoul"der (?) , v. i. See Smolder .
Smouldry <Xpage=1360>
Smoul"dry (?) , a. See Smoldry .
Smudge <Xpage=1360>
Smudge (?) , n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch , or smoke .] 1. A suffocating smoke.
Grose.
2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.]
Bartlett.
3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
<-- smudge pot, a device containing combustibles which burns smokily, used by farmers to inhibit damage to crops caused by frost. -->
Smudge <Xpage=1360>
Smudge , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smudged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging .] 1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Smudginess <Xpage=1360>
Smudg"i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.
C. A. Young.
Smug <Xpage=1360>
Smug (?) , a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck , G. schmuck , Dan. smuk , OSw. smuck , sm\'94ck , and E. smock , smuggle ; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See Smock .] Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia).
The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey.
A young, smug , handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.
Smug <Xpage=1360>
Smug , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smugged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging .] To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]
Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton.
Smuggle <Xpage=1360>
Smug"gle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smuggled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smuggling (?) .] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln , D. smokkelen , G. schmuggeln , Dan. smugle , Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. sm <?/ gan to creep. See Smock .] 1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace .
2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
Smuggle <Xpage=1360>
Smug"gle , v. i. To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
Smuggler <Xpage=1360>
Smug"gler (?) , n. 1. One who smuggles.
2. A vessel employed in smuggling.
Smugly <Xpage=1360>
Smug"ly , adv. In a smug manner. [R.]
Gay.
Smugness <Xpage=1360>
Smug"ness , n. The quality or state of being smug.
Smut <Xpage=1360>
Smut (?) , n. [Akin to Sw. smuts , Dan. smuds , MHG. smuz , G. schmutz , D. smet a spot or stain, smoddig , smodsig , smodderig , dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to E. smite . See Smite , v. t. , and cf. Smitt , Smutch .] 1. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
2. (Mining) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
3. (Bot.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago . Ustilago segetum , or U. Carbo , is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis .
4. Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk smut , though a priest and his mother be in the room . Addison.
Smut mill , a machine for cleansing grain from smut.
Smut <Xpage=1360>
Smut (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smutted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutting .] 1. To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
2. To taint with mildew, as grain.
Bacon.
3. To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
4. To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill .
Smut <Xpage=1360>
Smut , v. i. 1. To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Mortimer.
2. To give off smut; to crock.
Smutch <Xpage=1360>
Smutch (?) , n. [Prob. for smuts . See Smut , n. ] A stain; a dirty spot.
B. Jonson.
Smutch <Xpage=1360>
Smutch , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Smutched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutching .] To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. [Written also smooch .]
B. Jonson.
Smutchin <Xpage=1360>
Smutch"in (?) , n. Snuff. [Obs.]
Howell.
Smutty <Xpage=1360>
Smut"ty (?) , a. [ Compar. Smuttier (?) ; superl. Smuttiest .] 1. Soiled with smut; smutted.
2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn .
3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying .