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Smelter (?), n. One who, or that which, smelts.
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Smeltery (?), n. A house or place for smelting.
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Smeltie (?), n. A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]
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Smelting, a. & n. from .
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Coloq. Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced.
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Smerk (?), n. & v. See .
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{ Smerk (?), Smerky (?), } a. Smart; jaunty; spruce. See , a. [Obs.]
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So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.
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Smerlin (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small loach.
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Smew (?), n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zoöl.) (a) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun. (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]
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Smicker (?), v. i. [Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre, and perhaps to G. schmeicheln, and E. smile. Cf. , a.] To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.
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Smicker, a. [AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See , v.] Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce. [Obs.]
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Smickering, n. Amorous glance or inclination. [Obs.] “A smickering to our young lady.” Dryden.
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Smicket (?), n. [Dim. of smock.] A woman's under-garment; a smock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
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Smickly, adv. Smugly; finically. [Obs.] Ford.
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Smiddy (?), n. [See .] A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Smift (?), n. A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.
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Smight (?), v. t. To smite. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Smilacin (?), n. [Cf. F. similacine. See .] (Chem.) See .
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Smilax (?), n. [L., bindweed, Gr. ���.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. (b) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
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Smile (smīl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smiled (smīld); p. pr. & vb. n. Smiling.] [OE. smilen; akin to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker. √173. Cf. , , .] 1. To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
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He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not. Shak.
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She smiled to see the doughty hero slain. Pope.
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When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled. Byron.
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2. To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
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'T was what I said to Craggs and Child,
Who praised my modesty, and smiled. Pope.
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3. To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
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The desert smiled,
And paradise was opened in the wild. Pope.
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4. To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
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Smile, v. t. 1. To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.
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2. To affect in a certain way with a smile. [R.]
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And sharply smile prevailing folly dead. Young.
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Smile, n. [CF. Dan. smiil, Sw. smil. See , v. i.] 1. The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.
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Sweet intercourse
Of looks and smiles: for smiles from reason flow. Milton.
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2. A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
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3. Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence. “The smile of heaven.” Shak.
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4. Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
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The brightness of their [the flowers'] smile was gone. Bryant.
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Smileless (?), a. Not having a smile.
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Smiler (?), n. One who smiles. Tennyson.
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Smilet (?), n. A little smile. [R.]
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Those happy smilets
That played on her ripe lip. Shak.
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Smilingly, adv. In a smiling manner. Shak.
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Smilingness, n. Quality or state of being smiling.
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And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.
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Smilodon (?), n. [Gr. ��� a carving knife + ���, ���, tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See .
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Smilt (?), v. i. To melt. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Sminthurid (?), n. [Gr. ��� a mouse + ��� tail.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridæ, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under .
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Smirch (?), v. t. [From the root of smear.] To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
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I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak.
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Smirch (?), n. A smutch; a dirty stain.
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Smirk (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smirking.] [OE. smirken, ASS. smercian, smearcian; cf. MHG. smieren, smielen, to smile. See , v. i.] To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
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Smirk, n. A forced or affected smile; a simper.
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The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered. Sir W. Scott.
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Smirk, a. Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. “So smirk, so smooth.” Spenser.
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Smirkingly, adv. With smirking; with a smirk.
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Smirky (?), a. Smirk; smirking.
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Smit (?), rare imp. & p. p. of . Spenser.
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Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. Cowper.
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Smit, obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of . Chaucer.
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Smite (smīt), v. t. [imp. Smote (smōt), rarely Smit (smĭt); p. p. Smitten (smĭtt'n), rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting (smītĭng).] [AS. smītan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. smīta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. smīzan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. mēd to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. .] 1. 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.
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Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39.
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And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. 1 Sam. xvii. 49.
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2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
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Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. Ezek. xxi. 14.
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Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. 1 Sam. xix. 10.
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3. 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.
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4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
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The flax and the barly was smitten. Ex. ix. 31.
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6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
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Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Wake.
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7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
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The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope.
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Smit with the love of sister arts we came. Pope.
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Coloq. To smite off , to cut off. -- Coloq. To smite out , to knock out, as a tooth. Exod. xxi. 27. -- Coloq. To smite with the tongue , to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.
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Smite, v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
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The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10.
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Smite, n. The act of smiting; a blow.
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Smiter (smītẽr), n. One who smites.
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I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6.
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Smith (smĭth), n. [AS. smið; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smiðr, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smiþa (in comp.); cf. Gr. smilh a sort of knife, sminyh a hoe, mattock.] 1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman.
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Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate.
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2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden.
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Smith, v. t. [AS. smiðian. See , n.] To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.
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Smithcraft (-krȧft), n. The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
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Smither (smĭ�ẽr), n. 1. Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. pl. Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]
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Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson.
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Smithereens (smĭ�ẽrēnz), n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.
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Smithery (smĭthẽr�), n.; pl. -ies (-ĭz). 1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
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2. Work done by a smith; smithing.
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The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. Burke.
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Smithing, n. The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.
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Smithsonian (-sōnĭ�n), 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. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution.
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Smithsonite (?), n. [See .] (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 .
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Smithy (-�), n. [AS. smiððe, fr. smið; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smiðja. See , n.] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.]
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Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands. Longfellow.
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Smitt (smĭt), n. [CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See , v. t.] Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep. [Eng.] Woodward.
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Smitten (smĭtt'n), p. p. of .
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Smittle (-t'l), v. t. [Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See , v. t.] To infect. [Prov. Eng.]
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Smittle, n. Infection. [Pov. Eng.] Wright.
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{ Smittle (smĭtt'l), Smittlish (-tlĭsh), } a. Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] H. Kingsley.
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Smock (smŏk), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. smūgan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smjūga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. , .] 1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
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In her smock, with head and foot all bare. Chaucer.
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2. A blouse; a smoock frock. Carlyle.
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Smock (?), a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Smock race , a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.]
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Smock, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.
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Smock-faced (?), a. Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.
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Smock frock (?). A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. Macaulay.
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Smockless, a. Wanting a smock. Chaucer.
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Smokable (?), a. Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
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Smoke (smōk), n. [AS. smoca, fr. smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. smög, G. schmauch, and perh. to Gr. ��� to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. smaugti to choke.] 1. 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.
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☞ 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.
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2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
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3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. Shak.
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4. The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke. [Colloq.]
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☞ Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming, smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc.
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Coloq. Smoke arch , the smoke box of a locomotive. -- Coloq. Smoke ball (Mil.), a ball or case containing a composition which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke. -- Coloq. Smoke black , lampblack. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Smoke board , a board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room. -- Coloq. Smoke box , a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc., from the furnace is collected before going out at the chimney. -- Coloq. Smoke sail (Naut.), a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. To end in smoke , to burned; hence, to be destroyed or ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.
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Syn. -- Fume; reek; vapor.
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Smoke, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoked (?); p. pr. & vb n. Smoking.] [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smöge. See , n.] 1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.
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Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.
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2. Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.
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The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man. Deut. xxix. 20.
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3. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
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Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field. Dryden.
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4. 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.
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5. To suffer severely; to be punished.
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Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome. Shak.
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Smoke, v. t. 1. 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.
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2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. “Smoking the temple.” Chaucer.
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3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
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I alone
Smoked his true person, talked with him. Chapman.
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He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu. Shak.
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Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers. Addison.
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4. To ridicule to the face; to quiz. [Old Slang]
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5. To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.
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6. 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.
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Smoke ball. Same as .
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Smoke-dry (?), v. t. To dry by or in smoke.
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Smokehouse (?), n. A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
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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.
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Smokeless, a. Making or having no smoke. “Smokeless towers.” Pope.
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Smokeless powder. A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke. It is usually based on guncotton.
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Smoker (?), n. 1. One who dries or preserves by smoke.
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2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.
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3. A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
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4. 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.
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Coloq. 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° 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 have been found to live in the areas near black smokers. Additional information is available from The Natural History Museum of London and The American Museum of Natural History Expeditions.

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.
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