Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 102
Smilt (v. i.) To melt. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.
Sminthurid (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.
Smirch (v. t.) To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. -- Shak.
Smirch (n.) A smutch; a dirty stain.
Smirch (n.) A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur].
Smirch (n.) An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain].
Smirch (v.) Smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch, besmirch].
Smirch (v.) Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch].
Smirked (imp. & p. p.) of Smirk.
Smirking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smirk.
Smirk (v. i.) To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
Smirk (n.) A forced or affected smile; a simper.
The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered. -- Sir W. Scott.
Smirk (a.) Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. "So smirk, so smooth." -- Spenser.
Smirk (n.) A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure.
Smirk (v.) Smile affectedly or derisively [syn: smirk, simper].
Smirkingly (adv.) With smirking; with a smirk.
Smirky (a.) Smirk; smirking.
Smit () imp. & p. p. of Smite. -- Spenser.
Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. -- Cowper.
Smit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite. -- Chaucer.
Smote (imp.) of Smite.
Smit () of Smite.
Smitten (p. p.) of Smite.
Smit () of Smite.
Smote () of Smite.
Smiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smite.
Smite (v. t.) 重擊，猛打；把……打成 [O8] To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. -- Matt. v. 39.
And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam. xvii. 49.
Smite (v. t.) To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. -- Ezek. xxi. 14.
Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. -- 1 Sam. xix. 10.
Smite (v. t.) To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.
Smite (v. t.) To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
Smite (v. t.) To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
The flax and the barly was smitten. -- Ex. ix. 31.
Smite (v. t.) To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. -- Wake.
Smite (v. t.) To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
The charms that smite the simple heart. -- Pope.
Smit with the love of sister arts we came. -- Pope.
To smite off, To cut off.
To smite out, To knock out, as a tooth. -- Exod. xxi. 27.
To smite with the tongue, To reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] -- Jer. xviii. 18.
Smite (v. i.) 重擊，打 To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. -- Nah. ii. 10.
Smite (n.) The act of smiting; a blow.
Smite (v.) Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
Smite (v.) Affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl."
Smite (v.) Cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" [syn: afflict, smite].
Smiter (n.) One who smites.
I give my back to the smiters. -- Isa. l. 6.
Smith (n.) One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. -- Piers Plowman.
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. -- Tate.
Smith (n.) One who makes or effects anything. [R.] -- Dryden.
Smith (n.) To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. -- Piers Plowman.
Smith (n.) Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) [syn: Smith, Ian Smith, Ian Douglas Smith].
Smith (n.) United States sculptor (1906-1965) [syn: Smith, David Smith, David Roland Smith].
Smith (n.) United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) [syn: Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith].
Smith (n.) United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886) [syn: Smith, Julia Evelina Smith].
Smith (n.) United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: Smith, Bessie Smith].
Smith (n.) Religious leader who founded the Mormon Church in 1830 (1805-1844) [syn: Smith, Joseph Smith].
Smith (n.) English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631) [syn: Smith, John Smith, Captain John Smith].
Smith (n.) Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) [syn: Smith, Adam Smith].
Smith (n.) Someone who works at something specified.
Smith (n.) Someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) [syn: smith, metalworker].
Smithcraft (n.) The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.] -- S ir W. Raleigh.
Smither (n.) Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]
Smither (n.) pl. Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]
Smash the bottle to smithers. -- Tennyson.
Smithereens (n. pl.) 【口】碎片，小塊 Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] -- W. Black.
Smithereens (n.) A collection of small fragments considered as a whole; "Berlin was bombed to smithereens"; "his hopes were dashed to smithereens"; "I wanted to smash him to smithereens"; "the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens."
Smithereens (n. pl.) Fragments, bits.
-ies (n. pl. ) of Smithery.
Smithery (n.) The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
Smithery (n.) Work done by a smith; smithing.
The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. -- Burke.
Smithing (n.) The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. --Moxon.
Smithsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports.
Smithsonian (n.) The Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonite (n.) (Min.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.
Smithy (n.) The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.]
Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands. -- Longfellow.
Smithy (n.) A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering [syn: forge, smithy].
Smitt (v. t.) Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep. [Eng.] -- Woodward.
Smitten () p. p. of Smite.
Smitten (a.) (Used in combination) Affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten, stricken, struck].
Smitten (a.) Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)].
Smittle (v. t.) To infect. [Prov. Eng.]
Smittle (n.) Infection. [Pov. Eng.] -- Wright. Smittle
Smittle (a.) Alt. of Smittlish.
Smittlish (a.) Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] -- H. Kingsley.
Smock (n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
In her smock, With head and foot all bare. -- Chaucer.
Smock (n.) A blouse; a smoock frock. -- Carlyle.
Smock (a.) Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
Smock mill, A windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post.
Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.]
Smock (v. t.) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. -- Tennyson.
Smock (n.) A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles [syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat].
Smock (v.) Embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts."
Smock-faced (a.) Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. -- Fenton.
Smock frock () A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. -- Macaulay.
Smockless (a.) Lacking a smock. -- Chaucer.
Smokable (a.) Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
Smoke (n.) The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
Note: The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder, forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on solid bodies is soot.
Smoke (n.) That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
Smoke (n.) Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. -- Shak.
Smoke (n.) The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke. [Colloq.]
Note: Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming, smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc.
Smoke arch, The smoke box of a locomotive.
Smoke ball (Mil.), A ball or case containing a composition which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke.
Smoke black, Lampblack. [Obs.]
Smoke board, A board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room.
Smoke box, A chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc., from the furnace is collected before going out at the chimney.
Smoke sail (Naut.), A small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck.
Smoke tree (Bot.), A shrub ({Rhus+Cotinus">Smoke tree (Bot.), a shrub ({Rhus Cotinus) in which the flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of smoke.
To end in smoke, To burned; hence, to be destroyed or ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.
Syn: Fume; reek; vapor.
Smoked (imp. & p. p.) of Smoke.
Smoking (p. pr. & vb n.) of Smoke.
Smoke (v. i.) To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.
Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. -- Milton.
Smoke (v. i.) Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.
The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man. -- Deut. xxix. 20.
Smoke (v. i.) To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field. -- Dryden.
Smoke (v. i.) To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
Smoke (v. i.) To suffer severely; to be punished.
Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome. -- Shak.
Smoke (v. t.) To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.
Smoke (v. t.) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. "Smoking the temple." -- Chaucer.
Smoke (v. t.) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him. -- Chapman.
He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu. -- Shak.
Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers. -- Addison.
Smoke (v. t.) To ridicule to the face; to quiz. [Old Slang]
Smoke (v. t.) To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.
Smoke (v. t.) To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.
Smoke (n.) A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke, fume].
Smoke (n.) A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles" [syn: smoke, smoking]
Smoke (n.) An indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere."
Smoke (n.) Something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors."
Smoke (n.) Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder [syn: roll of tobacco, smoke].
Smoke (n.) Street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane].
Smoke (n.) The act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" [syn: smoke, smoking].
Smoke (n.) (Baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet].
Smoke (v.) Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
Smoke (v.) Emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" [syn: fume, smoke].
Smoke (v. i.) To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly. ?The new version smoked, just like the last one.? Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical event), and software (where it's merely colorful).
Smoke (v. i.) [From automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. ?That processor really smokes.? Compare magic smoke.
Smoke, () To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly. "The new version smoked, just like the last one." Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical event), and software (where it's merely colourful).
Smoke, () [Automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. "That processor really smokes." Compare magic smoke. [{Jargon File]
Smoke-dry (v. t.) To dry by or in smoke.
Smokehouse (n.) 燻製房 A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
Smokehouse (n.) A small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish [syn: smokehouse, meat house].
Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
Smokeless (a.) 無煙的；不冒煙的 Making or having no smoke. "Smokeless towers." -- Pope.
Smokeless (a.) Emitting or containing little or no smoke; "smokeless factory stacks"; "smokeless fuel"; "a smokeless environment" [ant: smoky].
Smoker (n.) 吸菸者； 吸菸室；吸菸車廂；男子的輕鬆的非正式社交聚會；薰製工 One who dries or preserves by smoke.
Smoker (n.) One who smokes tobacco or the like.
Smoker (n.) A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
Smoker (n.) A gathering for smoking and social intercourse. [Colloq.]
That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp. -- Strand Mag.
Black smoker, () A vent at the bottom of the ocean, usually at a mid-ocean ridge, through which large quantities of water carrying minerals flow, producing a jet of fluid with the appearance of black smoke. The ocean water in crevices below the vent is heated to temperatures near 400[deg] C, and dissolves quantities of metal salts, such as of copper, zinc, gold, and manganese. When the saturated mineral solutions exit the vent, cooling by contact with the ocean causes the metals to precipitate, mainly as sulfide or sulfate salts. Unusual forms of life such as tube worms have been found to live in the areas near black smokers.
Smoker (n.) A person who smokes tobacco [syn: smoker, tobacco user] [ant: nonsmoker].
Smoker (n.) A party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only) [syn: stag party, smoker].
Smoker (n.) A passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke [syn: smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment].
Smokestack (n.) A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
Smokestack (n.) A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack].
Smokily (adv.) In a smoky manner.
Smokiness (n.) The quality or state of being smoky.
Smoking () a. & n. from Smoke.
Smoking bean (Bot.), The long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars.
Smoking car, A railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.
Smoking (a.) Emitting smoke in great volume; "a smoking fireplace."
Smoking (n.) The act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" [syn: smoke, smoking].
Smoking (n.) A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles" [syn: smoke, smoking].
Smoky (a.) 冒煙的；煙霧彌漫的 Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
Smoky (a.) Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." -- Shak.
Smoky (a.) Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
Smoky (a.) Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
Smoky (a.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
Smoky (a.) Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] -- Foote.
{Smoky quartz} (Min.), A variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See {Quartz}. Smolder.
Smoky (a.) Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky corridor" [ant: {smokeless}].
Smoky (a.) Tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages."
Smoldered (imp. & p. p.) of Smoulder.
Smouldered () of Smoulder.
Smoldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smoulder.
Smouldering () of Smoulder.
Smolder (v. i.) Alt. of Smoulder.
Smoulder (v. i.) （無火苗地）悶燒，燻燒；悶燃燒盡 [（+out）]；（憤怒等）悶在心裡，鬱積；怒火中燒 [（+with）] To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. -- Spenser.
Smoulder (v. i.) To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud. Smolder
Smolder (v. t.) Alt. of Smoulder
Smolder, Smoulder (v. t.) To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] -- Holinshed. Palsgrave. Smolder
Smolder, Smoulder (n.) Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
The smolder stops our nose with stench. -- Gascoigne. Smoldering
Smolder (n.) A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze" [syn: smoulder, smolder].
Smolder (v.) Have strong suppressed feelings [syn: smolder, smoulder].
Smolder (v.) Burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire" [syn: smolder, smoulder].
Smolensk (n.) 斯摩倫斯克 A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II.