Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 103

Smoulder (v. t.) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.

Smolder (n.) Alt. of Smoulder

Smoulder (n.) Smoke; smother.

Smoldering (a.) Alt. of Smouldering

Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Smolderingness (n.) Alt. of Smoulderingness

Smoulderingness (n.) The state of smoldering.

Smoldry (a.) Alt. of Smouldry

Smouldry (a.) Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.

Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Smooch (v. t.) See Smutch.

Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate or smother.

Smooth (superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

Smooth (superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.

Smooth (superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

Smooth (superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.

Smooth (superl.) Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.

Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

Smooth (adv.) Smoothly.

Smooth (n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.

Smooth (n.) That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.

Smoothed (imp. & p. p.) of Smooth

Smoothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smooth

Smooth (a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.

Smooth (a.) To free from obstruction; to make easy.

Smooth (a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.

Smooth (a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.

Smooth (a.) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.

Smooth (a.) To ease; to regulate.

Smooth (v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.

Smoothbore (a.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.

Smoothbore (n.) A smoothbore firearm.

Smooth-chinned (a.) Having a smooth chin; beardless.

Smoothen (v. t.) To make smooth.

Smoother (n.) One who, or that which, smooths.

Smoothing (a. & n.) fr. Smooth, v.

Smoothly (adv.) In a smooth manner.

Smoothness (n.) Quality or state of being smooth.

Smooth-spoken (a.) Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

Smooth-tongued (a.) Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

Smore (v. t.) To smother. See Smoor.

Smorzando (a.) Alt. of Smorsato

Smorsato (a.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.

Smote () imp. (/ rare p. p.) of Smite.

Smoterlich (a.) Dirty; foul.

Smothered (imp. & p. p.) of Smother

Smothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smother

Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

Smother (v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.

Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.

Smother (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.

Smother (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.

Smother (v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

Smother (v. t.) A state of suppression.

Smotheriness (n.) The quality or state of being smothery.

Smotheringly (adv.) In a smothering manner.

Smothery (a.) Tending to smother; stifling.

Smouch (v. t.) To kiss closely.

Smouch (v. t.) To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.

Smouch (n.) A dark soil or stain; a smutch.

Smoulder (v. i.) See Smolder.

Smouldry (a.) See Smoldry.

Smudge (n.) A suffocating smoke.

Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.

Smudge (n.) That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.

Smudged (imp. & p. p.) of Smudge

Smudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smudge

Smudge (v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.

Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.

Smudginess (n.) The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.

Smug (a.) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

Smugged (imp. & p. p.) of Smug

Smugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smug

Smug (v. t.) To make smug, or spruce.

Smuggled (imp. & p. p.) of Smuggle

Smuggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smuggle

Smuggle (v. t.) To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.

Smuggle (v. t.) Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.

Smuggle (v. i.) To import or export in violation of the customs laws.

Smuggler (n.) One who smuggles.

Smuggler (n.) A vessel employed in smuggling.

Smugly (adv.) In a smug manner.

Smugness (n.) The quality or state of being smug.

Smut (v. t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

Smut (v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.

Smut (v. t.) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

Smutted (imp. & p. p.) of Smut

Smutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smut

Smut (v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

Smut (v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain.

Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

Smut (v. t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

Smut (v. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

Smut (v. i.) To give off smut; to crock.

Smutch (n.) A stain; a dirty spot.

Smutched (imp. & p. p.) of Smutch

Smutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smutch

Smutch (v. t.) To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.

Smutchin (n.) Snuff.

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