The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake
this noble duke.
Burke.
Smith"ing, n. The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron,
into any desired shape. Moxon.
Smith*so"ni*an (-s"n*an), 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.
Smith"son*ite (?), n. [See Smithsonian.] (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 Calamine.
Smith"y (-), n. [AS. smiððe, fr. smið; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG.
smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smiðja. See Smith, n.] The workshop of a
smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.]
Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands.
Longfellow.
Smitt (smt), n. [CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See Smite,
v. t.] Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.
[Eng.] Woodward.
Smit"ten (smt"t'n), p. p. of Smite.
Smit"tle (-t'l), v. t. [Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See Smite, v.
t.] To infect. [Prov. Eng.]
Smit"tle, n. Infection. [Pov. Eng.] Wright.
{ Smit"tle (smt"t'l), Smit"tlish (- tlsh), } a. Infectious; catching.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.] H. Kingsley.
Smock (smk), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from
the root of AS. smgan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press
close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smjga to creep through, to put on a garment
which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide.
Cf. Smug, Smuggle.] 1. A woman's under- garment; a shift; a chemise.
In her smock, with head and foot all bare.
Chaucer.