▪ I. smot, n.1 Sc. and dial.
Also 6 smoit, 8 smott, 6, 9 smote.
[f. smot v. Cf. G. dial. schmotz, var. of schmutz.]
1. A spot, stain, mark, blot. Also fig.
| 1532 Sc. Acts, Jas. V (1814) 335/2 Obedient sonnis to..þe auctorite apostolik, without ony manere of smot, violacioune, or defectioune. 1562 Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 26 That I may be clein fra all smot of blame. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 277 Ever trew and obedient..without any smote. 1899 ‘A. Raine’ Berwen Banks 104 The same brown smot on the nother ear, and that's the only smot upon her! |
2. A distinguishing mark put on sheep; a flock of sheep marked in one way.
| a 1672 Livingstone in Sel. Biog. (Wodrow Soc.) I. 340 You must have the tarr pigg by your belt, and be ready to give a smott to every one of Christ's sheep as they come in your way. 1808 in Jamieson. 1857 Aiton Domest. Econ. 225 No man will break his ‘smote’, as it is called, but at a loss, even when a fair price is given. |
▪ II. † smot, n.2 Obs.—1
[Irreg. f. smot(e, pa. tense of smite v.]
A stroke, blow.
| 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca, Agam. G viij, Thryse aboute to smyte, He staide the smot. |
▪ III. smot, v. ? Obs.
In later use Sc.
[Related to MHG. smotzen (? hence Du. smotsen), var. of smutzen (G. schmutzen): see smut v.]
trans. To besmirch, defile, befoul. Also fig.
Also ‘to mark with ruddle, tar, &c.’ (Jamieson, 1808).
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 359 Þey be i-smotted wiþ þe schrewednesse and bycomeþ traytours also. a 1400 Apol. Lollards 18 Þe kirk..forbediþ him comyn feleschip..þat he mend þe raþer, and smot not oþer. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 97/2 The sergeants that sawe hym so black and smotted bete hym wel wyth roddes. 1513 Douglas æneid v. vii. 91 Behald thaim smottit quyte Of his reid blude. a 1568 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxx. 52 Ladeis suld all thingis eschew That ma thair honor smot. |