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SMITH’S INLET, a bay on the west coast of North Ame¬ 
rica. The entrance is nearly closed by rocky islets, some 
producing shrubs and small trees, others none; with innume¬ 
rable rocks, as well beneath as above the surface of the sea, 
rendering it a very intricate and dangerous navigation for 
shipping. Within the islets and rocks, the northern shore 
appeared the clearest. From the entrance into the inlet, 
whose north point lies from its south point north 20 east, 
about a league distant, it extends nearly in an east direction 
about six leagues: here it takes a turn to the north-eastward, 
and terminates in Lat. 51. 44. N. long. 232.47f. E. About 
three leagues within the entrance, the inlet is contracted to a 
general width of about half a mile; though in particular 
places it is near twice that distance from shore to shore ; 
both of which are formed by high rocky precipices covered 
with wood. This inlet was visited by Captain Vancouver, 
who discovered, about half way up the canal, a village of 
the natives, supposed to contain 200 or 250 persons. It 
was built upon a detached rock, connected to the main by a 
platform, and constructed for defence. A great number of 
its inhabitants, in about 30 canoes, visited Captain Vancou¬ 
ver’s party, and used every endeavour they thought likely to 
prevail on them to visit their habitations. Lat. 51. 20. N. 
long, of the entrance 232. 12. E. 
SMITH’S ISLAND, a small island near the east coast of 
Antigua. 
SMITH’S ISLAND, a small island in the Atlantic, near 
the coast of Virginia. This is one of a cluster collectively 
called Smith’s Islands. Lat. 37. 15. N. long. 75. 52. W. 
SMITH’S POINT, a cape of the United States, on the 
coast of Virginia, forming the south limit of the Potomac. 
Lat. 37. 54. N. 
SMITH’S POND, a lake of the United States, in Walfs- 
borough, New Hampshire; 3 miles long. 
SMITH’S RIVER, a river of the United States, in New 
Hampshire, which runs into the Merrimack, in the north part 
of New Chester. 
SMITH’S RIVER, a river of the United States, in Rock¬ 
ingham county, North Carolina, which runs into the Dan. 
SMITH’S RIVER. See Staunton. 
SMITH’S RIVER, so called by Captains Lewis and 
Clarke, in honour of the American secretary of the navy. 
This river falls into the Missouri, on the south side, above the 
falls, and is about 80 yards wide. It takes its rise in the 
Rocky Mountains. 
SMITH’S SOUND, a bay on the east coast of Newfound¬ 
land, bounded by Cape Bonavista. 
SMI'TIICRAFT, s. [pmiScpaept, Sax.] The art of a 
smith.—Inventors of pastorage, smithcraft, and music. 
Ralegh. 
SMI'THERY, s. The shop of a smith. Work performed 
in a smith’s shop.—The din of all his smithery may some 
time or other possibly wake this noble duke. Burke. 
SMITHFIELD, a hamlet of England, in Staffordshire, 
■with a considerable pottery, situated near Newcaslle-under- 
Lyne. 
SMITHFIELD, a post township of the United States, in 
Providence county, Rhode Island, on the Pawtucket; 12 
miles north of Providence. It contains a bank, and 10 cot¬ 
ton manufactories, besides others.—2d. Of Maddison county, 
New York. It contains the village of Peterborough. Popu¬ 
lation 2651.—3d. A township of Lycoming county, Penn¬ 
sylvania. Population 1084.—4th. Of Fayette county, Penn¬ 
sylvania.—5th. (Lower) of Wayne county, Pennsylvania.—• 
6 th. (Lower) a township of Northampton county, Pennsyl¬ 
vania. Population 1236.—7th. A post township of the Isle 
of Wight county, Virginia, on Pagan Creek, about 6 miles 
above its entrance into James River.—8th. A post township 
and capital of Johnson county, North Carolina, on the 
Neuse; 110 miles north-west of Newbern. It contains a 
court-house and jail—9th. Of Johnson county, North 
Carolina.—10th. Of Guernsey county, Ohio.—11th. Of Jef¬ 
ferson county, Ohio. Population 1228.—12th. Of Trum¬ 
bull county, Ohio.—13th. Of Somerset county, Pennsyl¬ 
vania. 
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SMITHIA [so named in honour of James Edward Smith 
M.D. F.R.S., &c., president of the Linnean Society], in 
Botany, a genus of the class diadelphia, order decandria, 
natural order ofpapilionaceae or leguminosge.—Generic Cha¬ 
racter. Calyx: perianth one-leafed, two-lipped: segments 
ovate-lanceolate, almost equal. Corolla : papilionaceous. 
Standard obcordate. Wings oblong, obtuse, a little shorter 
than the standard. Keel linear-oblong, cloven at the base, 
length of the wings. Stamina: filaments ten, united into 
two equal bodies. Anthers oblong. Pistil: germ con¬ 
tracted at the base of the calyx. Style capillary, permanent. 
Stigma simple. Pericarp : legume inclosed within the calyx, 
composed of from four to seven joints; distinct, connected 
by the permanent style, orbicular, muricated, one-seeded. 
Seeds kidney-form, compressed, smooth. —Essential Cha¬ 
racter. Legume with distinct one-seeded joints, connected 
by the style. Stamina divided into two equal bodies. 
Smithia sensitiva, or annual smithia.—Root annual. Stem 
decumbent, round, even. Branches spreading very much. 
Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate, composed of from four 
to ten obovate-oblong leaflets, bristly on the edge and along 
the rib beneath. Petiole very short; rachis bristly. Sti¬ 
pules in pairs, entire, acuminate. Racemes axillary, from 
three to six flowered. Peduncle longer than the petiole, 
filiform. Pedicels shorter than the calyx. Corolla yellow. 
—Native of the East Indies. 
SMITHING, s. An art manual, by which an irregular 
lump, or several lumps of iron is wrought into an intended 
shape. Max on. Unused. 
K SMITHLAND, a post township of the United States, in 
Livingston county, Kentucky, on the Ohio; 3 miles below 
the mouth of the Cumberland. Population 99. 
SMITIISBOROUGH, a post village of the United States, 
in Oswego, New York. 
SMITHSBY, a parish of England, in Derbyshire; 2f miles 
north-north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
SMITHTOWN, a post township of the United States, in 
Suffolk county, New York, on the north side of Long 
Island; 53 miles east of New York. Population 1592. 
SMITHVILLE, a township of the United States, in Che¬ 
nango county, New York. Population 995. 
SMITHVILLE, a post township of the United States, in 
Brunswick county. North Carolina, near the mouth of Cape 
Fear river Lat. 33. 54. N. long. 78. 13. W. 
SMITHWICK, a village of England, in Staffordshire; 4 
miles west-by north of Birmingham. Population 1328. 
SMITHY, s. [pmiSSe, Saxon.] The shop of a smith. 
His blaxing locks sent forth a crackling sound. 
And hiss’d, like red hot iron, within the smithy drown’d. 
Dry den. 
SMITING-LINE, in a Ship, is a small rope fastened to 
the mizen-yard-arm. Its use is to loose the mizen-sail, with¬ 
out striking down the yard. 
SMITT, .s. The finest of the clayey ore, made up into 
balls; they use it for marking of sheep, and call it smitt. 
Woodward. 
SMITTEN. The participle passive of smite. Struck; 
killed; affected with passion.—By the advantages of a good 
person and a pleasing conversation, he made such an im¬ 
pression in her heart as could not be effaced: and he was 
himself no less smitten with Constantia. Addison. 
To SMI'TTLE, v. a. [pmictan, Sax.: smetten, Teut. to., 
spot; pmitta, smut; smette, a spot.] To infect. Used 
in the north of England. 
SMI'TTLE, or Smi'ttlish, adj. Infectious. Used in 
the north of England. 
SMOAKY BAY, a large bay on the west coast of the en¬ 
trance into Cook’s River, between Cape Douglas and Point 
Banks. 
SMOAKY CAPE, a cape on the east coast of New Hol¬ 
land. Lat. 30. 55. S. long., according to Captain Flinders, 
153. 4. E. 
SMOCK, s. [pmoc, Sax.] The under garment of a wo¬ 
man ; a shift. 
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