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Smelt"ie (?), n. A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]

Smelt"ing, a. & n. from Smelt.

Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced.

Smerk (?), n. & v. See Smirk.

{ Smerk (?), Smerk"y (?), } a. Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a. [Obs.]

So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears.

Spenser.

Smer"lin (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small loach.

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.]

Smick"er (?), v. i. [Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre, and perhaps to G. schmeicheln, and E. smile. Cf. Smicker, a.] To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.

Smick"er, a. [AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See Smicker, v.] Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce. [Obs.]

Smick"er*ing, n. Amorous glance or inclination. [Obs.] "A smickering to our young lady." Dryden.

Smick"et (?), n. [Dim. of smock.] A woman's under-garment; a smock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

Smick"ly, adv. Smugly; finically. [Obs.] Ford.

Smid"dy (?), n. [See Smithy.] A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Smift (?), n. A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.

Smight (?), v. t. To smite. [Obs.] Spenser.

Smil"a*cin (?), n. [Cf. F. similacine. See Smilax.] (Chem.) See Parrilin.

Smi"lax (?), 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.

Smile (sml), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smiled (smld); 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. Admire, Marvel, Smirk.] 1. To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.

He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not.

Shak.

She smiled to see the doughty hero slain.

Pope.

When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.

Byron.

2. To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

'T was what I said to Craggs and Child, Who praised my modesty, and smiled.