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Su. G. _s.m.u.ts_, Germ. _schmutz_, macula.
_To_ ~Smot~, _v. a._
1. To stain.
V. ~Smad~.
_Douglas._
2. To mark with ruddle, tar, &c. S.
SMOTTRIT, _part. pr._ Besmeared.
V. ~Besmottrit~.
_Douglas._
SMOUPSIE, _s._ A stripling, S. B.
_To_ SMOUTTER, _v. n._ To eat often, although little at a time, S. B.
Su. G. _s.m.u.tt-a_, pitissare, from _smaa_, parvus.
_To_ SMUE, or SMUDGE, _v. n._ To laugh in one's sleeve. Loth.
Germ. _schmuts-en_, subridere.
SMUGLY, _adj._ Amorous, sly, being at the same time well dressed.
_Gl. Sibb._
Su. G. _smyck-a_, Belg. _smuyck-en_, ornare.
SMULACHIN, _adj._ Puny, looking poorly, S. B.
Gael. _smeilag_, a pale puny female.
SMURACHIN, _s._
V. ~Smirikin~.
_To_ SMURE, _v. a._
V. ~Smore~.
SMURR, _s._ A drizzling rain, Ayrs. Lanerks.
Teut. _smoor_, fumus, vapor.
_To_ SMURTLE, _v. n._
V. ~Smirtle~.
SMURLIN, _s._ The Mya truncata.
_Neill._
SMUSH, _s._ A sulphurous smell, caused by smoke and dust, Fife.
Germ. _schmutz_, dirt, nastiness.
SNAB, _s._ The projecting part of a rock or hill, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Belg. _snabbe_, a beak or snout.
SNAB, _s._ A shoemaker's or cobler's boy, S. A. _sn.o.b_, S. B.
Teut. _snipp-en_, to cut.
SNACK, _adj._
1. Quick in action.
_Semple._
Isl. _snogg_, celer, citus.
2. Quick of apprehension, S.
_Ramsay._
