smaragd 
Aristotle doth affirme, and so doth Albcrtiis Magnus, 
that a Smaragd worne about the necke is good against the 
t'alling-sicknes. Habeas Boole (E. E. T. S.), p. 257. 
smaragdine (sma-rag'din), (i. [< L. umiirinjili- 
tts, < ntamgtku, < <ir. nfiapaySm;, smaragd: see 
smaraiid.'] Of a green color like that of smar- 
agd that is, of any brilliant green : an epithet 
used loosely and in different senses. 
smaragdite (sma-rag'dit), n. [X siiiaragd + 
-i(e 2 .] An emerald-green mineral, thin-foliated 
to fibrous in structure, belonging to the amphi- 
bole or hornblende group : it is found in certain 
rocks, us the puphotide of the Alps. It often re- 
sembles diallage (hence called yreen diallage), and may he 
in part derived from it by paramorphism. 
smaragdochalcite (sma-rag-do-kal'sit), n. [< 
C4r. a/iapaydnf, smaragd, + #a/LT<f, containing 
copper: see ehalcitiit. ] Same as dioptase. 
smart 1 (smart), r. [< ME. smerten, smeorten 
(pret. smeart, also weak, smerted), < AS. *xmeor- 
tun (Somner) (pret. "smeart) = MD. smerten, D. 
smarten = MLG. smerten = OHG. smerzan (pret. 
smarz), MHG. smerzen, G. c)imer:en = Sw. 
smdrta = Dan. smerte, smart; = L. mordere 
(/ niorrl. orig. *smordV), bite, pain, sting, = 
Skt. / nutrd (orig. *smard), rub, grind, crush; 
of. Russ. smertu, death, Gr. e/irpivof, terrible.] 
1. intrans. 1. To feel a lively, pungent pain; 
also, to be the seat of a pungent local pain, 
as from some piercing or irritating applica- 
tion; be acutely painful: often used imper- 
sonally. 
I am so wounded, as ye may wel seen, 
That I am lost almost, it nnert so sore. 
Chatuxr, A. B. C., 1. 152. 
I have some wounds upon me, and they smart. 
Shak., Tor., 1. 9. 28. 
2. To feel mental pain or suffering of any kind ; 
suffer; be distressed ; suffer evil consequences; 
bear a penalty. 
Christ and the apostles were in most misery in the land 
of Jewry, but yet the whole land smarted for it after. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853X II. 42. 
I*, was Carteret's misfortune to be raised to power when 
the public mind was still smarting from recent disappoint- 
ments. Macaulay, Horace Walpole. 
3. To cause a smart or sharp pain ; cause suf- 
fering or distress. 
This is, indeed, disheartening ; it is his [the new mem- 
ber's] first lesson in committee government, and the mas- 
ter's rod smart*. W. Wilson, Cong. Gov., ii. 
To smart for it, to suffer as a consequence of some act 
, or neglect. 
And verily, one man to live in pleasure and wealth, 
while all other weep and smart for it, that is the part, not 
of a king, hut of a jailor. 
Sir T. Mare, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
II. trans. To cause a smart or pain to or in ; 
cause to smart. 
What calle ye goode? fayn wold I that I wiste : 
That plesith one, a nothir smertithe soore. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 75. 
The manner of the Master was too pointed not to be 
felt, and when he had succeeded in smarting the good 
woman's sensibilities his object was attained. 
S. Juid, Margaret, i. 16. 
smart 1 (smart), n. [< ME. sniert. smcrtc, smierte 
= MD. smerte, D. xmart = MLG. smerte, LG. 
smart = OHG. smerzo, smerza, MHG. smerz, G. 
schmerz = Sw. smarta = Dan. smerte, pain ; from 
tho verb. In def. 4 from the adj.] 1. A sharp, 
quick, lively pain ; especially, a pricking local 
pain, as the pain from the sting of nettles. 
As faintly reeling he confess'd the smart, 
Weak was his pace, but dauntless was his heart. 
1'ope, Iliad, xi. 944. 
Strong-matted, thorny branches, whose keen smart 
He heeds in no wise. K. W. Gilder, Love in Wonder. 
2. Hence, mental pain or suffering of any kind ; 
pungent grief ; affliction. 
Your departeng is cause of all my gmerte, 
Only for that I do this payne endure. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 170. 
This City did once feele the smart of that cruell Hunni- 
cal King Attila his force. Coryat, Crudities, I. 149. 
But keep your fear still ; for if all our Art 
Miscarry, thou art sure to share the Smart. 
Brome, Northern Lass, ii. 4. 
3. Same as smart-money : as, to pay the smart. 
4. A dandy; one who affects smartness in 
dress ; also, one who affects briskness, vivacity, 
or cleverness. [Cant.] 
His clothes were as remarkably fine as his equipage 
could be ; ... all the smart*, all the silk waistcoats with 
silver and gold edgings, were eclipsed in a moment. 
Fielding, Joseph Andrews, ii. 4. 
smart 1 (smart), a. [< ME. nmurt, xmiirte, gmerte, 
xmtarte, smssrte, smart; fromtheverb.] 1. Caus- 
ing a smart or sharp pain ; especially, causing 
a pricking local pain ; pungent ; stinging. 
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Lett mylde mekenes melt in thyn hart, 
That thou Rewe on my passyone, 
\Vith my wound is depe and smarts, 
With crone, naylys, spere cv. cruwne. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 166. 
How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience ! 
x/ink., Hamlet, iii. 1. SO. 
Old Charis kept aloof, resolv'd to let 
The venturous Maid some smart experience reap 
Of her rash confidence. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 20. 
2. Sharp; keen; poignant: applied to physical 
or mental pain or suffering. 
For certes I haue sorow ynow at hert, 
Neuer man had at the full so smtrt. 
Ram. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3913. 
3. Marked by or executed with force or vigor; 
vigorous; efficient; sharp ; severe : as, & smart 
blow; a smart skirmish ; a smart walk. 
For they will not long sustain a smart Onset. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 74. 
It [a sheet of water] Is remarkable for a long bridge built 
across it, certainly the longest I ever saw. It took me 
fifteen minutes and twenty seconds, smart walking, to go 
from end to end, and measured 1850 paces. 
B. Hall, Travels in N. A., I. 75. 
4. Brisk; lively; fresh: as, a smart breeze. 
Of the esy fyr and smart also. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 216. 
5. Acute and pertinent; witty; especially, 
marked by a sharpness which is nearer to pert- 
ness or impertinence than to genuine wit; su- 
perficially witty: noting remarks, writings, 
etc.: as, a smart reply; a smart saying. 
Thomas of Wilton . . . wrote also a smart Book on this 
Subject . . . (Whether Friars in Health, and Begging, he 
in the state of perfection ' > The Antl-Friariste maintain- 
ing that such were Rogues by the Laws of Ood and Man. 
Fuller, Worthies, Wiltshire, III. 335. 
A voluble and smart fluence of tongue. 
Milton, On Def. of Hnmb. Remonst., Pref. 
I acknowledge, indeed, that there may possibly be found 
in this treatise a few sayings, among so great a number 
of smart turns of wit and humour as I have produced, 
which have a proverbial air. 
Swift, Polite Conversation, Int. 
6. Brisk; vivacious; lively; witty; especially, 
sharp and impertinent, or pert and forward, 
rather than genuinely witty: noting persons. 
Raillery is the finest part of conversation ; but, as it is 
our usual custom to counterfeit and adulterate whatever 
is too dear for us, so we have done with this, and turned 
it all into what is generally called repartee or being 
smart. Sicift, Conversation. 
The awfully smart, boy is only smart in the worst 
American sense of the word as his own family make 
him so; and if he is a nuisance to all others, his own 
family only are to blame. 
Harper's Mag., LXXX., Literary Notes. 
7. Dressed in an elaborately nice or showy 
manner; well-dressed; spruce. 
A smart, impudent-looking young dog, dressed like a 
sailor in a blue jacket and check shirt, marched up. 
Macaulay, in Trevelyan, I. 202. 
I scarcely knew him again, he was so uncommonly smart. 
Hehad . . . on a shining hat, lilac kid gloves, a neckerchief 
of a variety of colours, . . . and a thick gold ring on his 
little finger. Dickens, Bleak House, ix. 
8. Elaborately nice; elegant; fine; showy: not- 
ing articles of dress. 
"Sirrah," says the youngster, "make me a smart wig, a 
wnartone, ye dog." The fellow blest himself: he had 
heard of a smart nag, a smart man, etc., but a smart wig 
was Chinese to the tradesman. 
Gentleman Instructed, p. 476. 
This stout lady in a quaint black dress, who looks young 
enough to wear much smarter raiment if she would. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, iv. 
9. Quick j active; intelligent; clever: as, a 
smart business man. 
My father was a little smart man, active to the last de- 
gree in all exercises. Sterne, Memoir. 
Bessie Lee must, I think, have been a girl of good natu- 
ral capacity, for she was smart in all she did, and had a re- 
markable knack of narrative ; so, at least, I judge from the 
impression made on me by her nursery tales. 
Charlotte Brontf, Jane Eyre, iv. 
She was held to be a xmart, economical teacher, inas- 
much as she was able to hold the winter term, and thrash 
the very biggest boys, and, while she did the duty of a 
man, received only the wages of a woman. 
H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 117. 
10. Keen, as in bargain-making; sharp, and 
often of questionable honesty; well able to 
take care of one's own interests. [U. S.] 
11. Fashionable; stylish; brilliant. [Eng.] 
I always preferred the church, as I still do. Bat that 
was not smart enough for my family. They recommended 
the army. That was a great deal too smart for me. 
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, xix. 
For a time the Clays were seen and heard of on the top 
wave of London's smart society. The Century, XL. 271. 
12f. Careful: punctual; quick. 
When thi seruantes haue do ther werke, 
To pay ther hyre loke thou be smerte. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S.), i. 50. 
smash 
13. Considerable; large: as, a right xmnrt dis- 
tance. [Colloq., U. S.] 14f. Forcible; ear- 
nest. 
These few Words ["And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and 
do not the things which I say?") contain in them a smart 
and serious Expostulation of our Blessed Saviour. 
StiUingJUet, Sermons, III. vii. 
15t. Having strong qualities ; strong. 
Sirrah, I drank a cup of wine at your house yesterday, 
A good smart wine. 
Fletcher (and anotherl), Prophetess, iii. 1. 
16. In good health; well; not sick. [New 
Eng.] 17. Swift-sailing, as a vessel: in dis- 
tinction from able, stanch, or seaworthy. [New 
Eng.] 18. Up to the mark; well turned out; 
creditable. [Colloq.] 
It was all the Colonel's fault He was a new man, and 
he ought never to have taken the Command. He said that 
the Regiment was not smart enough. 
R. Kipling, Rout of the White Hussars. 
Right smart, much ; many ; a great deal : with of: as, to 
do right smart of work ; keep right, smart of servants or 
chickens. [U. 8, 1 Smart as a Steel trap, very sharp 
and shrewd ; extremely bright and clever. [Colloq., U. S.] 
She was a little thin woman, but tough as Inger rubber, 
and smart at a steel trap. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 57. 
smart 1 (smart), adr. [< ME. smerte; < smarfl, 
a.] Smartly; vigorously; quickly; sharp. [Ob- 
solete or vulgar.] 
If men smot it with a yerde smerte. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 149. 
The swynehorde toke out a knyfe smert. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 181. (Halliwell.) 
After show'rs 
The stars shine smarter. Dryden. 
smart 2 t (smart). A contracted form of srnart- 
eth, third person singular present indicative of 
smart 1 . 
smarten (smiir'tn), v. [< smart 1 + -en 1 .] I. 
trans. To make smart or spruce; render brisk, 
bright, or lively: often with up. 
Murdoch, having finished with his duties of themorning, 
had smartened himself up. W. Black, House-boat, vii. 
H. intrans. To smart; be pained, 
smart-grass (smart'gras), . Same as smart- 
need. 
May-weed, smart-grass, and Indian tobacco, perennial 
monuments of desolation. S. Judd, Margaret, 11. 1. 
smartly (smart 'H), rlv. [< ME. smertely, 
stnrrtlicnc, smeortli (cf. D. smartelijk = G. 
schmerzlicli = Dan. smertelig, painful); < smart 1 
+ -ty'A] In a smart manner, in any sense of 
the word smart. 
smart-money (8mart'mun''i),M. 1. Money paid 
to escape some unpleasant engagement or some 
painful situation ; specifically, money paid by 
a recruit for the British army before being 
sworn in for release from his engagement. 
Lord Trinket. What is the meaning of that patch over 
your right eye ? 
O'Cuttcr. Some advanced wages from my new post, my 
lord. This pressing is hot work, though it entitles us to 
smart-inoney. Colman, Jealous Wife, lit 1. 
2. In law, exemplary or vindictive damages ; 
damages in excess of the injury done. Such dam- 
ages are given in cases of gross misconduct or cruelty on 
the part of the defendant. See damage, 3. 
Nor did I hear further of his having paid any smart- 
money for breach of bargain. Scott, Rob Roy, xxTii. 
3. Money allowed to soldiers and sailors for 
wounds and injuries received on service. 
smartness (smart'nes), n. The character of 
being smart, in any sense. 
smart-ticket (smart'tik'et), w. A certificate 
granted to one who is entitled to smart-money 
on account of his being hurt, maimed, or dis- 
abled in the service, or an allowance for wounds 
or injuries received on service. [Eng.] 
smartweed (smart'wed), n. The water-pepper, 
Polygonum Hydropiper, a weed of wet places in 
the Old World and the New. it is acrid to the 
taste, and inflames the skin when applied to tender parts. 
It has diuretic and, as claimed, some other medicinal prop- 
erties. Old or provincial names are arse-smart and cul- 
rage. The name extends more or less to similar species. 
Also smart-grass. Water-smartweed, the American 
Polygonum acre. 
smarty (smar'ti), w. [Dim. of smart 1 , n.] A 
would-be witty person ; a smart. [Colloq.] 
"Did you make [catch] the train?" asked the anxious 
questioner. ' No," said smarty, "it was made in the car- 
shop." Boston Transcript, March 6, 1880. 
smash (smash), v. [Not in early use; prob. < 
Sw. dial, smaska, smack, kiss (cf. smasl; a slight 
explosion, crack, report, smiska, slap), prob. a 
transposed form of *smaksa = Dan. smaske, 
smack with the lips, LG. smaksen, smack with 
the lips, kiss, orig. prob. 'smack,' smite; with 
the verb-formative s (with transitive sense, as 
in cleanse, make clean), from the root of smack?: 
