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~Smit~, ~Smyt~, _s._
1. A stain.
_Bannatyne P._
2. Used in a moral sense.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _smitta_, Belg. _smette_, macula.
SMYTRIE, _s._ A numerous collection of small individuals, Ayrs.
V. ~Smatters~.
_Burns._
SMLEFANGER, _s._ Sibbald.
SMOKE, _s._ An inhabited house, S.
_Stat. Acc._
SMOLT, SMOUT, _adj._ Clear, mild; applied to the weather.
_Douglas._
A. S. _smolt_, Su. G. _smylter_, serenus.
SMOLT, SMELT, SMELTE, _s._
1. The fry of salmon, S. _smout_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Su. G. _smol-a_, to crumble; _smotti_, frustulum.
2. Used to denote a child. S.
SMOOTRIKIN, _adj._ Tiny and active.
_Old Song._
Allied perhaps to _smiadr-a_, adulari.
_To_ SMORE, SMURE, SMOIR, _v. a._
1. To smother with smoke, S.
_Journ. Lond._
2. To choke, to suppress.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
3. To extinguish, Aberd.
4. To conceal, to hide, S.
_Douglas._
5. To prevent legal prosecution.
_Balfour._
A. S. _smor-an_, Teut. _smoor-en_, suffocare, extinguere.
_To_ ~Smore~, ~Smure~, _v. n._ To suffocate, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Smor'd thow.~
V. ~Thow~.
SMOT, SMOTE, SMOIT, _s._
1. A stain, in general, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. The mouldiness which gathers on what is kept in a damp place.
_Ibid._
3. The distinguis.h.i.+ng mark put on sheep, S. A.
4. Moral pollution.
_Knox._
