Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Smerlin

Smer″lin (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small loach.

6347

Smew

Smew (?), n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zoöl.) (a) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; — called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun...

6348

Smicker

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.

6349

Smicker (2)

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

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Smickering

Smick″er‐ing, n. Amorous glance or inclination. “A smickering to our young lady.” Dryden.

6351

Smicket

Smick″et (?), n. [Dim. of smock.] A woman's under-garment; a smock. Johnson.

6352

Smickly

Smick″ly, adv. Smugly; finically. Ford.

6353

Smiddy

Smid″dy (?), n. [See Smithy.] A smithy.

6354

Smift

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

6355

Smight

Smight (?), v. t. To smite. Spenser.

6356

Smilacin

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

6357

Smilax

Smi″lax (?), n.(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...

6358

Smile

Smile (smīl), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Smiled (smīld); p. pr. & vb. n.Smiling.] [OE. smilen; akin to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to ...

6359

Smile (2)

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.And sharply smile prevailing folly dead. Y...

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Smile (3)

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, approb...

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Smileless

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

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Smiler

Smil″er (?), n. One who smiles. Tennyson.

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Smilet

Smil″et (?), n. A little smile.Those happy smiletsThat played on her ripe lip. Shak.

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Smilingly

Smil″ing‐ly, adv. In a smiling manner. Shak.

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Smilingness

Smil″ing‐ness, n. Quality or state of being smiling.And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.

6366

Smilodon

Smi″lo‐don (?), n.(Paleon.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach�rodus.

6367

Smilt

Smilt (?), v. i. To melt. Mortimer.

6368

Sminthurid

Smin‐thu″rid (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridæ, — usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.

6369

Smirch

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...

6370

Smirch (2)

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

6371

Smirk

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 a...

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Smirk (2)

Smirk, n. A forced or affected smile; a simper.The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered. Sir W. Scott.