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smoodge, smoudge,
smoudge [WC. smudʒ]
n. A drink, a quantity of liquor.
v. To be under the influence of alcohol. To be mildly tipsy. To be in liquor.
smoot, smooter, smootie, smootit, smooty, smout, smouter, smoutie, smoutit, smouty, smut, smutt,
smout [I.Sh. smut]
v. To put out of sight in a furtive manner, hide away stealthily. To move quietly, to glide.
pt. pp. smoutit
 
smouty
adj. Secretive.
 
smouter
v. To conceal for some private end.
smeowt, smolt, smoot, smootrikin, smout, smoutie, smoutrie, smouty, smowt, smowtie, smowtrie, smowtrikin, smowty,
smowt [smʌut]
n. A salmon Salmo salar or trout Salmo trutta fry. A smolt. A small insignificant person, a small child.
v. To become a smolt, pass into the smolt stage of development.
 
smowty
adj. Trifling, of little moment.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
smowtrie: A crowd of small children or things.
smowtrikin: MN. A puny person or animal.
smeucht, smeuchter, smeuchterie, smeuchtery, smochter, smochterie, smochtery, smoocht, smoochter, smoochterie, smoochtery, smoochty, smooghter, smooghterie, smooghtery, smoucht, smouchter, smouchterie, smouchtery, smouchtie, smouchty, smucht, smuchter, smuchterie, smuchtery, smuchtie, smuchty, smughterin, smughteriny,
smucht [MN. smʌxt, smuxt]
n. Thick smoke as from damp fuel or a faulty chimney. A thin light mist or rain. A thick, choking cold, a heavy catarrh.
v. To smoulder, to emit thick, black smoke, to burn slowly. Of rain or snow etc.: to fall in a fine mist, to drizzle down persistently. To work slowly and unskilfully, to potter, to nibble food.
 
smuchtie [ˈsmʌxte, ˈsmuxte]
adj. Of a fire: smoky.
 
smuchter [ˈsmʌxtər, ˈsmuxtər]
n. A thin light mist or rain.
v. To smoulder, burn slowly.
 
smuchtery
adj. Misty and drizzly.
smokk, smook, smuck, smucks, smucksin, smuk, smukk, smuksin,
smuck [I.Sh. smʌk]
n. A thick woollen shoe or slipper made of several layers of coarse cloth sewn or stuck together. A loose, ragged fibrous peat.
v. To put on smucks. To put on or take off a garment.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
smucksin: Shuffling about in clumsy footwear.
smudge,
smudge [smʌdʒ]
n. A quiet half-suppressed laugh. A smirk, simper.
v. To laugh in a suppressed manner. To laugh quietly to oneself. To smirk.
smuggle,
smuggle [ˈsmʌgl, ˈsmugl]
v. To smuggle. To take oneself off stealthily. To sneak away. To conceal, suppress, hush up. To distil whisky illegally.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
smuggler: A smuggler.
smuggling: Smuggling.
smell, smeul, smill, smool, smoolyin, smuil, smule,
smuil [I.Sh. smɪl]
n. Bits, fragments, smithereens.
v. To break into fragments, smash to pieces, crumble.
blind_smuir, blin-smoor, smair, smairs, smeer, smeerich, smeers, smoor, smoor$d, smoor$t, smoorached, smoored, smoorich, smoorichs, smooriekin, smooriken, smoorikin, smoorin, smoorit, smoors, smoort, smour, smourich, smourichs, smuir, smuired, smuirich, smuirichs, smuiricht, smuirikin, smuirin, smuirit, smuirs, smuirt, smure, smures, smuroch,
smuir [S. smøːr, C. smeːr, smuːr, MN. smjuːr, NN. I. smuːr]
n. A feeling or act of smothering or suffocation. A thick atmosphere, a dense enveloping cloud or swirl of smoke, snow, rain or mist etc.
v. To be choked, stifled, suffocated. To suffer or die from want of air. Of living beings: to cause to suffocate, choke, stifle, smother, crush the breath out of. To bury or cover over thickly so as to obscure or obliterate. To envelop in a dense covering of smoke, snow or vegetation etc. Of smell or taste: to hide, conceal, obliterate. To damp down a fire so that it smoulders quietly from lack of air, to extinguish a light.
pt. pp. smuirt, smuired
 
smuirich
n. A kiss, caress, a hug, cuddle.
v. To exchange kisses, to cuddle.
pt. pp. smuiricht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blind smuir: A snowdrift.
smuirikin: A kiss.
smuirin: Thick choking smoke etc.
 
See smore also.
smeest, smeust, smuist, smuste,
smuist [smøst, C. smɪst, smust, MN. smuʃt]
n. A smouldering. A thick choking sulphurous smoke or its smell
v. To smoulder. To burn away slowly.

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