Smock (?), a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence,
of or pertaining to a woman.
Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the
wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a
post. -- Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock.
[Prov. Eng.]
Smock, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
Tennyson.
Smock"-faced` (?), a. Having a feminine countenance or complexion;
smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.
Smock" frock` (?). A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress,
as by farm laborers. Macaulay.
Smock"less, a. Wanting a smock. Chaucer.
Smok"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be
smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
Smoke (?), n. [AS. smoca, fr. smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook
smoke, Dan. smög, G. schmauch, and perh. to Gr. &?;&?;&?; to burn in a
smoldering fire; cf. Lith. smaugti to choke.] 1. The visible
exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a
burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,
peat, or the like.
The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without
a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon
in a fine powder, forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited
on solid bodies is soot.