SMACK
SMACK, verb intransitive [The primary sense is to throw, to strike, whence to touch or taste;]1. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they se...
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SMALL
SMALL, adjective1. Slender; thin; fine; of little diameter; hence in general, litte in size or quantity; not great; as a small house; a small horse; a small farm; a small body; ...
SMALL-BEER
SMALL-BEER, noun [small and beer.] A species of weak beer.
SMALL-COAL
SMALL-COAL, noun [small and coal.] Little wood coals unsed to light fires.
SMALL-CRAFT
SMALL-CR'AFT, noun [small and craft.] A vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size, or below the size of ships and bigs intended for foreign trade.
SMALL-POX
SMALL-POX', noun [small and pox, pocks.] A very contagious disease, characterized by an eruprion of pustules on the skin; the variolous disease.
SMALLAGE
SMALL'AGE, noun A plant of the genus Apium, water parsley.
SMALLISH
SMALL'ISH, adjective Somewhat small.
SMALLNESS
SMALL'NESS, noun Littleness of size or extent; littleness of quantity; as the smallness of a fly or of a horse; the smallness of a hill.2. Littleness in degree; as the smallness...
SMALLY
SMALLY, adverb small'-ly. In a little quantity or degree; with minuteness. [Little used.]
SMALT
SMALT, noun A beautiful blue glass of cobalt; flint and potash fused together.
SMARAGD
SMAR'AGD, noun The emerald.
SMARAGDINE
SMARAG'DINE, adjective [Latin Smaragdinus.] Pertaining to emerald; consisting of emerald, or resembling it; of an emerald green.
SMARAGDITE
SMARAG'DITE, noun A mineral; called also green diallage.
SMARIS
SMAR'IS, noun A fish of a dark green color.
SMART
SM'ART, noun [This word is probably formed on the root of Latin amarus, bitter, that is, sharp.]1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture ...
SMART-WEED
SM'ART-WEED, noun A name given to the arsmart or persicaria.
SMARTEN
SM'ARTEN, verb transitive To make smart. [Not in use.]
SMARTLE
SM'ARTLE, verb intransitive To waste away. [Not in use.]
SMARTLY
SM'ARTLY, adverb1. With keen pain; as, to ake smartly2. Briskly; sharply; wittily.3. Vigorously; actively.
SMARTNESS
SM'ARTNESS, noun1. The quality of being smart or pungent; poignancy; as the smartness of pain.2. Quickness; vigor; as the smartness of a blow.3. Liveliness; briskness; vivacity;...
SMASH
SMASH, verb transitive [probably mash, with a prefix.] To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here every thing is broken and smashed to pieces. [Vulgar.]
SMATCH
SMATCH, noun [corrupted from smack.]1. Taste; tincture. [Not in use or vulgar.]2. A bird.
SMATTER
SMAT'TER, verb intransitive [It contains the elements of mutter.]1. To talk superficially or ignorantly. Of state affairs you cannot smatter2. To have a slight taste, or a sligh...
SMATTERER
SMAT'TERER, noun One who has only a slight superficial knowledge.
SMATTERING
SMAT'TERING, noun A slight superficial knowledge. [This is the word commonly used.]
SMEAR
SMEAR, verb transitive1. To overspread with any thing unctuous, viscous or adhesive; to besmear; to daub; as, to smear any thing with oil, butter, pitch, etc.2. To soil; to cont...