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Su. G. _slask_, humor quicunque sordidus.
s.l.u.tE, _adj._ Slovenly.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _slodde_, sordida et inculta mulier.
~s.l.u.ttrie~, _adj._ Slovenly, Loth.
SMA, _adj._ Small, S.
Alem. _sma_, Su. G. _smaa_, tenuis.
SMACHRY, _s._ Trash; a hodge-podge, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
Isl. _smaelke_, quisquiliae.
_To_ SMAD, _v. a._ To stain, to discolour.
_Houlate._
Su. G. _smet-a_, Belg. _smett-en_, to soil.
~Smad~, _s._ A stain of any kind, S. B.
Belg. _smette_, id.; Teut. _smadde_, convitium.
SMAICHER, _s._ (gutt.) A fondling term for a child, S. B.
Su. G. _smekr-a_, blandiri.
_To_ SMAICHER, _v. n._ To eat clandestinely, especially what is agreeable to the palate, Ang.
Alem. _smechare_, delicatus; _smak-a_, gustare.
SMAIK, _s._ A mean fellow, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
Isl. _smeik-r_, pusillanimis.
~Smaik~, _adj._ Small, puny.
_Dunbar._
~Smaikrie~, _s._
1. Pusillanimity.
_P. 16th Cent._
2. Roguery.
_Leg. St Androis._
SMAIR-DOKEN, _s._ Common dock, S. B.
Teut. _smaer_, Isl. _smyr_, unguentum.
_To_ SMAIRIE, _v. a._ To besmear, S. B.
Teut. _smeer-en_, linere, unguere.
SMALE FOLK, those of the lower cla.s.s.
_Wyntown._
SMALIE, _adj._ Little, puny, S. B.
Isl. _smalig_, Germ. _smalik_, id.
_To_ SMASH, _v. a._
1. To s.h.i.+ver, S.
2. To hew down, in battle, S.
_Burns._
3. To beat severely, S.
Germ. _schmeiss-en_, to beat.
~Smash~, _s._
