smitch 
smitch' 2 (srnich), K. Same as siii 
smitchel (smich 'el), re. [Appar. a dim. of 
smiteh 1 ."] Same as smitch^, 2. 
A bowl of slewed oysters. 
4 slices of buttered toast. 
A bowl of te;i. 
And there wasn't a tnnitchel left. 
S. Bowles, in Men-lam, I. 331. 
smite (smit), r.; prot. smote, pp. muittt'ii, 
ppr. smiting. [< ME. mnilfii, xmi/ti-ii ( |>rrt . 
also siuette, smatte, pp. smiii-n. .-nii/ti-n, 
'17 
smock 
2. To produce an effect as by a stroke ; come, BmithersfHiniTiiVr/. ). . ///. [Origin obscure.] 
enter, or penetrate with (jnickiicss and Corn-. Sumr M mitfcerMM. [Colloq.] 
Arthur. (miking downward ns lie past, Sm:ih the bottle tOfrnAAr>, the Dirll'i In 'Im." Mid I. 
In: light uf her eyes Into his life Teiitiytun, Northern Cobbler, xviil. 
''"vv , ,c , K of Arthur, smithery (*mith','.,-i ,.'.; ,,i (>). 
[ < smith + -"'#.] 1. The workshop of a smith ; 
a smithy; especially, a shop where wrought- 
iron work is miidr. 
Iron clang and hammer's ringing 
Smote upon his ear. Whitii> r, Thr Fountain. 
That loving tender voice 
. . . smote tm his ln-:iri. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 168. 
mat, also metis, smatte, pp. smi ten, .imyten, 
smeten), < AS. ami tun (pret. smut, pp. smiten) = smite (smit), n. [< smite, v. Ct.imUP.] 1. A 
OFries. smita = D. ami/ten = MLG. smiten, LG. blow - [Prov. Eng.] 2. A small portion. [Prov. 
[< ME. smitarc = D. smy- 
1. One who or that which 
), . 
-erl.] 
smites or strikes. 
I gave my back to the tmiters. Isa. 1. 6. 
2f. A sword ; simitar. [In this use also smeeter, 
and really an accommodated form of simitar."] 
Put thy smiter up, and hear ; 
I dare not tell the truth to a drawn sword. 
B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iv. 3. 
mod. E. also smith; < 
The tmithery Is as iiopular with the boys as any depart- 
i the HbooL The Century, XXXVIII. IKS. 
2. The practice of mechanical work, especially 
in iron: usually applied to hammer-work, as 
distinguished from more delicate manual op- 
erations. Also smith' 
The din of all this tmithery may some time or other pos- 
ilbly wake this noble duke. Iturke, To a Noble Lord. 
Smithian (smith'i-an), a. [< Smith (see def., 
and smith, n.) + -ian."] Of or pertaining to 
Adam Smith, a Scottish political economist 
(1723-90), or his economic doctrines. 
In fact the theological assumptions and Inferences of the 
'Aion economy greatly aided in giving It currency. 
New Princeton Ken., V. S30. 
,... = OHG. smizan, throw, stroke, smear, 
MHG. smizen, G. schmeissen, smite, fling, cast, smiter (smi 
= OSw. smita = Dan. smide, fling. = Goth. ""/ as,ii'- 
*smeitan(in comp.); orig. 'smear' or 'rub over,' 
as in AS. besmitan Goth, lii-mxcitan (also ga- 
smeitau), smear; cf. Icel. smita, steam from be- 
ing fat; Sw. smeta, smear, smet, grease; Skt. 
medas, fat, < T/ med or mid, be fat. Hence 
smit 2 . Cf. smear."] I. trans. 1. To strike; 
give a hard blow, as with the hand or some- 
thing held in the hand, or, archaically, with smith (smith), n. [Early i 
something thrown; hit heavily. ME. smyth, < AS. smith = OFries. snifth, smid, sm ithing (smith'ing), n. [Verbal n. of smith, 
= MD. D. smid = MLG. smit, smet, LG. smid ,..] Same as smithery, 2. 
= OHG. smid, MHG. smit, G. schmied = Icel. Smithsonian (smith-so'ni-an), a. [< Smithson 
smidhr = Sw. Dan. smed = Goth, "smiths (found / see def.) + -i.] Of or pertaining to James 
only in comp. in weak form *smitha, namely Smithson, an English scientific man and philan- 
aiza-smitha, 'ore-smith'): (a) Prop, a 'worker 
in metal or wood'; with formative -th (cf. OHG. 
smeidar, an artisan, artist, with formative -dar ington an institution for the increase and diffu- 
= E. -ffter), < / smi, work in metal, forge, prob. g j on of knowledge ; specifically, noting this in- 
seen also in Gr. a/ilty, a knife for cutting and gtitution or its operations: as," Smithsonian Re- 
carving, 9/iAefav, cut or carve freely, a/avbii, a ports. Smithsonian gull, Lana mithionianut, the 
two-pronged hoe or mattock, and the source of American herring-gull. Couet, 1882. 
the words mentioned under smicker (AS. smi- smithsonite (smith 'son-it), n. [< Smithson 
Ich haue yseyne it ofte, 
There smit no thinge so smerte, ne smelleth so soure, 
As Shame, there he sheweth him for euery man hym 
shonyeth ! Piers Plowman (B), xi. 426. 
She ... mot togyder her bondes two. aiza-smitlia, : ore-smith'): (a) Prop, a 'worker too;p1gt~(dYe~d~!8i9}7 wholeft alegacy*to > the 
in metal or wood ' ; with formative -th (cf . OHG. United States government to found at Wash- 
Merlin . . . drough that wey that he were not knowen _-. _ -_i.i *.?-*. iii- a ^ j . ... . ... 
with a grete staft'e in his nekke smytinye grete strokes from 
oke to oke. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ill. 424. 
In the castel was a belle, 
As hit had smiten houres twelve. 
Chaucer, Minor Poems (ed. Skeat), iii. 1323. 
Whosoever shall smile thee on thy right cheek, turn to 
him the other also. Mat. v. 39. 
The storm-wind siuiti-n the wall of the mountain cliff. 
Longfellow, Hyperion, 11. 6. 
Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords 
with might ; 
Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music 
out of sight. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 
2. To destroy the life of by beating or by weap- 
ons of any kind; slay ; kill. [Archaic.] 
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six 
men. Josh. vii. 5. 
The Lord shall smite the proud, and lay 
His hand upon the strong. 
Whittier, Cassandra Southwick. 
3. To visit disastrously ; seize suddenly or se- 
(see Smithsonian) + -tie 2 .] Native anhydrous 
zinc carbonate, an important ore of zinc : one of 
the group of rhombohedral carbonates. It occurs 
in rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals, also, more com- 
monly, massive, stalactitic, incrusting. and earthy ; the 
color varies from white to gray-green and brown, less often 
bright green or blue. Also called calnmin, which name, 
however, properly belongs to the hydrous silicate. 
verely ; attack in a way that threatens or de- with the hammer and metal: t M . 
armvs lifp nr vi<ror : as. a nerson or a citv smit- * silversmith ; specifically (and now generally), 
stroys life or vigor : as, a person or a city smit- 
ten with pestilence. 
And the flax and the barley was smitten. Ex. ix. 31. 
If we look not wisely on the Sun It self, it smites us into 
darknes. Milton, Areopagitica, p. 43. 
Smit by nameless horror and affright, 
He fled away into the moonless night. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 370. 
4. To afflict ; chasten ; punish. 
Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because 
he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Abp. Wake. 
5. To strike or affect with emotion or passion, 
especially love ; catch the affection or fancy of. 
Twas I that cast a dark face over heaven, 
And smote ye all with terror. 
Fletcher (and another 7), Prophetess, iii. 1. 
He was himself no less smitten with Constantia. 
"o. 164. 
cere, etc., neat, elegant), as well as of those 
connected with smooth: see smooth, (b) The 
word was formerly derived, as 'he that smiteth' 
(sc. with the hammer), from smite, v.; but this is 
etymologically untenable, (c) It has also been 
explained as 'the smoother' (sc. of metals, etc.); 
but the connection with smooth is remote (see 
above). The word occurs in many specific com- Bmithum(smith'um)^ n. A variant of smedd urn. 
pounds, as blacksmith, whitesmith, coppersmith, smithwork (smith ' werk), n. The work of a 
goldsmith, etc. Hence the surname Smith, also smith ; work in metals. The Engineer. 
spelled archaically Smyth, Smythe, and even smithy (smith'i), .; p\. smithies (-iz). [< ME. 
Smijth (where y represents the old dotted y); smithy, smythy, smyththe, smethi, smiththe, < AS. 
with Goldsmith, Spearsmith, etc., from the com- smiththe = OFries. smithe = D. smidse, smids = 
OHG. smitta, smidda. MHG. smitte, G. schmii di: 
= Icel. smidhja = Sw. smedja = Dan. smedjc, a 
smithy: see smith."] The workshop of a smith, 
especially of a worker in iron; a forge. 
Al thes world is Ooddes smiththe. Ancren Riwlt, p. 284. 
pounds.] 1. An artificer; especially, a worker 
with the hammer and in metal: as, a goldsmith, 
Under a spreading chestnut-tree 
The village smithy stands. 
Longfetlmc, Village Blacksmith. 
a worker in iron. See blacksmith, I. 
The smyth 
That forgeth scharpe swerdes on his stlth. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale (ed. Morris), 1 
"The smyth that the made," seid Robyn, 
"I pray God wyrke hym woo." 
Jlokin Hood and the Monk (Child's Ballads, V. 6). Bm itliy-coal (smith'i-kol), '. A grade of small 
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals and coa i habitually used by blacksmiths. [Eng.] 
imiting-line (smi'ting-lin), n. A rope by which 
a yarn-stoppered sail is loosened without its 
being necessary to send men aloft. [Eng.] 
fashioneth it with hammers. Isa. xliv. 12. 
2f. One who makes or effects anything. 
Tis said the Doves repented, though too late, 
-mitt Cumin 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 126S. i' 
smittedt (smit'ed). An obsolete past parti- 
Become the smiths of their own foolish fate. 
Smith's saw. Sec u". 
smith (smith), v. t. [< ME. smitten, smi/the,,, ciple of m, te. Imp. Diet. 
Tmythien, < AS. smithian (= D. smrden = MLG. smitten (smit'n), p. a. [Pp. of smite, r.] 
smeden OHG. smidon, MHG. smiden, G.schmie- hard; afflicted; visited with some great disas- 
den (the Icel smidha work in metal or wood ter ; suddenly or powerfully affected in body or 
depends on smidh, smiths' work: see smooth) mind: sometimes used in compounds, as fever- 
= Sw smida = Dan. smede = Goth, ga-smithon, smitten, drought-*ii<>N, love-*OTn. 
etc.), work as a smith/ *itt/i, smith: see *itt, Smittle (smit 1), r. t.; preh and pp. ^iHterf, 
n ] To fashion, as metal; especially, to fashion ppr. smiUhng [Freq. of smtfl.-\ To infect. 
smittle, r.] Infection. 
In the fortieth year of her age, she was again smitten. 
Steele, Taller, No. 151. 
See what the charms that smite the simple heart. 
In handling the coin he is smit with the fascination of w 'jth the hammer: at the present time most com- *<??: '-P p Y- E"R- 
its yellow radiance. 5. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 250. mon ly applied to ironwork. ' l >' " 
6. To trouble, as by reproaches ; distress. If he do it ,/(*. 
In-to sikul or to sithe, to schare or to kulter. smittle (arnit 1), o. [< smittle, r.J Inlectn 
[Prov. Eng.] 
Canst thon stay here! ... In course thou canst . . . 
Get thy saddles off, lad, and come in ; 'tis a miltle night 
for rheumatics. H. Kingtley, Geoffry Hamlyn, xxxvl. 
Her heart ^ to sore. 
eve him, 
Whyte Melville, White Rose, I. xxvil. 
7t. To cast ; bend. 
With that he smot his hed adoun anon, 
And gan to motre, I not what trewely. 
Chaucer, ''' ' 
8. To come upon ; affect suddenly 
blow; strike. 
A smyth men cleped daun Gerveys, 
That in his forge smythed plough harneys. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 576. 
, Troflus, ii. 540. smitham (smith'am), H. AvariantofsmM|M. gj^ttlish ( sm it'lish), a. [< smittle + -i*i.] 
y as if with a smithcraftt (smith'kraft), . The art of the game as smittle . [Local, Eng.] 
smith; mechanical work; the making o etui Bmoa fc ,-. and H. An obsolete spelling of smote. 
the 
and ornamental metal objects by hand. [Bare.] 
Inventors of pastorage, smithcraft, and mustck. 
from the white shore. - > ^ *<**'* Hist - WoM ' L vl . 8 . 4 
Sirs. Oaskett, Sylvia's Lovers, xxxviii. sm jth er (smiTH'er), a. [< ME. smythcr; origin 
A sudden thought smote her. oliscure.] Light; active. [Prov.Eng.] 
IT. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 104. * was smyther and smerte. 
To smite Off, to cut off with a strong swift blow. Owte of his steroppus he sterte. 
He that leet smyte of seynt James hed was Heroude Antur, of Arther, xlii 10. (Ballvwell.) 
Agrippa. Mandeville, Travels, p. 90. sm ithereen8 (smiTH-er-enz'), n.pl. \\smithtr-, 
II. intrans. 1. To strike; collide: knock. + dim. -cen, usually of Ir. origin.] Smallfrag- 
Ye shull smyte vpon hem of that other partye with-oute ments. [Colloq.] 
rennyngo of yonre bateile. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 624. TJ O ,-nic,.,! n nrettv nuarrel there. I can tell you klckei 
smoaKt, ' --- - 
smock (smok), n. and a. [< ME. smok, smoc, 
xmock, (. AS. smoc = Icel. smokkr, a smock, 
= OHG. smoccho, a smock; cf. OSw. smog, a 
round hole for the head; Icel. smeygja = Dan. 
smoge, slip off one's neck ; from the verb, AS. 
smeAgan, smugan (pp. smogen), creep into (cf. 
E. dial, smook, draw on. as a glove or stocking). 
= Icel. smjilga. creep through a hole, put on a 
garment. = MHG. smiri/i-ii. cling or creep into, 
G. srhmiegrii. cling to,' bend, etc. Cf. smug 1 , 
nynge of yo 
The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. 
Xalinm ii. 10. 
,.,-. Hence xuiii-kit."] I. w . 1 . A garment 
a pretty quarrel there. I can tell you -klc I DV women corresponding to the shirt worn 
,alf acrosstheyard-knockedheap^f thing, fey ^^ . ^ c]tem . }Se . Mtt 
