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all his concerns. His reputation and success were the result 
of his merit alone; for his awkwardness of person and 
unpolished manners prevented him from rising to the highest 
line of practice ; but he was much esteemed by his pupils, 
and by those who employed him. He ultimately retired to 
Lanark, where he spent the latter years of his life, and died 
in 1763, at an advanced age. 
SMELLING, s. The sense by which smells are per¬ 
ceived.— If the whole body were an eye, where were the 
hearing ? if the whole were hearing where were the smelling ? 
1 Cor. 
SMELT. The pret. and part, pass of smell. 
A cudgel he had felt. 
And far enough on this occasion smelt. King. 
SMELT, s. [pmele, Saxon.] A small sea-fish.—Of round 
fish there are brit, sprat, barn, smelts. Carew .—A salmon 
in its first year: so called in the north of England. 
To SMELT, v. n. [smalta, Icel.; smae/ta, smelta, Su. 
Goth., smelten, Dutch.] To melt ore, so as to extract the 
metal.—He [Ray] added the way of smelting and refining 
such metals and minerals as England doth produce. Der- 
ham. 
SMELTER, s. One who melts ore. 
To SMERK, v. n. [pmepcian, Saxon.] To smile wan¬ 
tonly, or pertly; to seem highly pleased ; to seem favour¬ 
able ; to fawn.—Certain gentlemen of the gown, whose 
auk ward, spruce, prim, sneering, and smirking countenances 
have got good preferment by force of cringing. Swift. 
SMERK, or Smirk, s. [pmeepc, Saxon, risus.] A kind 
of fawning smile.—A constant smirk upon the face, and a 
whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futi¬ 
lity. Chesterfield , 
SMI'RKY, or Smirk, adj. Nice; smart; jaunty. 
Seest, how brag yon bullocke bears, 
So smirke, so smoothe, his prickled ears: 
His horns been as rainbow bent. 
His dew-lap as lithe as lass of Kent. Spenser . 
SME'RLIN, s. A fish; cobitis aculcata. 
SMERWICK, a village of Ireland, in the county of Kerry. 
This place gives name to a place called Smerwick Harbour, 
between Ballydavid Head and Dunorling Head. Here was a 
fortress built by the Spaniards, who made good their landing, 
called Fort del Ore, in the year 1579, and enlarged in 1580, 
on the edge of a cliff, which formed a small isthmus, cut 
through to form an island, and the communication kept by 
a drawbridge. In the latter year it was taken by the English. 
According to the tradition of the country people, the Pope’s 
consecrated banner was buried near this place, with a con¬ 
siderable quantity of treasure. Some corselets of gold were 
discovered some years ago, about a mile from the fort. Lat. 
52. 11. N. long. 10. 16. W. 
SMESTALL, a small river of England, in Staffordshire, 
which runs into the Stour, above Stourton Castle. 
SMETIICOTT, a parish of England, in Salop; 9j miles 
south-south-west of Shrewsbury. 
SMETHWICK, a township of England, in Cheshire; 3f 
miles north-east of Sandbach.' 
To SMI'CKER, v. n. [smiclcra , Swed. blandire.] To 
smirk; to look amorously or wantonly. Kersey. Un¬ 
used. 
SMI'CKERING, s. A look of amorous inclination. Un¬ 
used. —We had a young doctour, who rode by our coach, 
and seemed to have a smickering to our young lady of Pil- 
ton. Dri/den. 
SMI'CKET, s. [Diminutive of smock, smocket, smicketi] 
The under garment of a woman. 
SMIDARY, a town of Bohemia ; 49 miles east-by-north 
of Prague. Population 800. 
SMI'DDY, s. [schimdte , German; pmiSSe, Sax. See 
Smith.] The shop of a smith. This word is still used in 
the north of 'England.—His pate is his anvil, the forge his 
study; so as I may properly apply those antient verses, upon 
this occasion, to our truant chanteryman: 
Vol. XXIII. No. 1571. 
SMI 
That scholar well deserves a widdie, 
Who makes his study of a smiddie. Comment on Chaucer. 
To SM1GHT. For smite. 
As when a griffon, seized of his prey, 
A dragon fierce encountreth in his flight. 
Through widest air making his idle way. 
That would his rightful ravin rend away: 
With hideous horror both together smight. 
And souce so sore that they the heavens affray. Spenser. 
SMILAX [of Pliny. 2/xiAaf of Dioscorides. Derivation 
unknown], in Botany, a genus of the class dioecia, order 
hexandria, natural order of sarmentaceae, asparagi (Juss.J — 
Generic Character. Male—Calyx: perianth six - leaved, 
spreading, bell-shaped; leaflets oblong, approximating at the 
base, bent back and spreading at the tip. Corolla none, 
unless the calyx be taken for it. Stamina: filaments six, 
simple. Anthers oblong. Female—Calyx as in the male, 
deciduous. Corolla none. Pistil: germ ovate. Styles 
three, very small. Stigmas oblong, bent back, pubescent. 
Pericarp : berry globular, three celled. Seeds two, globular. 
— Essential Character. Calyx six-leaved. Corolla none. 
Female: styles three. Berry three-celled. Seeds two. 
I. —Stem prickly, angular. 
1. Smilax aspera, or rough smilax.—Stem prickly, an¬ 
gular; leaves toothed and prickly, cordate, nine-nerved. 
Roots perennial, composed of many thick fleshy fibres, 
spreading wide, and striking deep. Stems several, slender, 
angular, armed with short crooked spines, and having clas- 
pers on their sides, by which they fasten themselves to any 
neighbouring plant for support, and rise five or six feet high. 
Flowers axillary, in short bunches, small and whitish. Those 
on the female plants are succeeded by red berries which 
ripen in autumn. The berries are sometimes black; and 
there is a variety which has the leaves eared at the base.— 
Native of the South of France, Italy, Spain, Carniola; near 
Tripoli, and between Rama and Joppa. 
2. Smilax excelsa, or tall smilax.—Stem prickly, angu¬ 
lar; leaves unarmed, cordate, nine-nerved. Roots like those 
of the preceding. The flowers and fruits are like those of 
the first sort.—Native of Syria. 
3. Smilax Zeylanica, or Ceylon smilax.—Stem prickly, 
angular; leaves unarmed; stem-leaves cordate; branch- 
leaves ovate-oblong.—Native of Ceylon. 
4. Smilax sarsaparilla, or medicinal smilax or sarsaparilla. 
—Stem shrubby, prickly, angular; leaves unarmed, ovate, 
refuse, mucronate, three-nerved. Root perennial. Flowers 
lateral, usually three or four together upon a common 
peduncle.—Native of America, Peru, Brasil, Mexico and 
Virginia. 
5. Smilax oblongata.—Stem prickly, angular; leaves ob¬ 
long, acuminate, smooth, three-nerved ; nerves prickly un¬ 
derneath.—Native of the West Indies, in the Carribee islands 
and St. Vincent. 
II. —Stem prickly, round. 
6. Smilax China, or Chinese smilax.—Stem prickly, 
roundish; leaves unarmed, ovate-cordate, five-nerved. 
Flowers in close bunches. Berries red.—Native of China, 
Cochin-china and Japan. 
7. Smilax rotundifolia, or round-leaved smilax.—Stem 
prickly, round; leavesunarmed, cordate, acuminate, five or 
seven-nerved.—Native of Canada. 
8. Smilax laurifolia, or bay-leaved smilax.—Stem prickly, 
round; leaves unarmed, ovate - lanceolate, three-nerved. 
Flowers axillary in round bunches, and succeeded by black 
berries.—Native of Virginia and Carolina. 
9. Smilax tamnoides, or black briony-leaved smilax.— 
Stem prickly, round; leaves unarmed, cordate, oblong, 
seven-nerved. The flowers come out in long loose bunches 
from the sides of the stalks, and the berries are black,—Native 
of North America. 
10. Smilax caduca, or deciduous smilax.—Stem prickly, 
round; leaves unarmed, ovate, three-nerved. Umbels of . 
flowers below the leaves, on peduncles which are scarcely 
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