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. smärta, 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.