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1. The state of being s.h.i.+vered, S.
_Journal Lond._
2. The shreds of any thing broken, S.
3. The sound of breaking, S.
Gael. _smuais_, broken in s.h.i.+vers.
SMATCHET, SMATCHED, SMATCHER, _s._
1. A contemptuous term for a man.
_Leg. St Androis._
2. Applied in the same sense to a child, S.; perhaps from _small_ and _chit_.
_Montgomerie._
_To_ SMATTER, _v. n._
1. To be busily engaged about trivial matters, S.
2. To deal in small wares, S.
3. _To smatter awa'_, to spend in a trifling way, S.
4. _To smatter awa'_, to consume victuals, by eating often, and little at a time, S.
~Smatters~, _s. pl._
1. Trifles. S.
2. Small sums, S.
SMATTIS, _s. pl._ New ale.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _smets_, praedulcis, mulseus.
SMEDDUM, _s._
1. The powder of ground malt, Ang.
2. Powder, of whatever kind, S. O.
_Burns._
3. Quickness of apprehension, S.
_Morison._
4. Spirit, mettle, S.
_Skinner._
5. Good sense and spirit united, S. B.
_Gl. Moray._
A. S. _smedma_, similago, pollen, the finest part of grain; thence transferred to the mind.
_To_ SMEEK, _v. a._
1. To smoke, S.
A. S. _smec-an_.
_Ferguson._
2. To dry by smoke, S. B.
~Smeek, Smeik~, _s._ Smoke, S.
A. S. _smec_, id.
_Burns._
SMEETH, _adj._ Smooth, S. B.
A. S. _smethe_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Smeethly~, ~Smethely~, _adv._ Smoothly, S. B.
_Wyntown._
SMELT, _s._ The fry of salmon, S.
V. ~Smolt~.
