▪ I. † ˈsmotter, a. Obs.
[Of obscure origin.]
? Pretty, handsome.
| a 1500 H. Medwall Nature (Brandl) ii. 194, I shall shew you the smorterst place [? read smotterst face] That euer ye saw wyth eyes. c 1515 Interlude of Four Elements B vij, We wyll haue bounsynge besse also, And two or thre proper wenchis mo, Ryght feyr and smotter of face. |
▪ II. ˈsmotter, v. Sc. rare.
[f. smot v. + -er5: cf. smotry a. and besmottered.]
trans. To bespatter; to soil or stain.
| 1513 Douglas æneid vi. v. 13 His smotterit habit, our his schulderis lidder, Hang prevagely [etc.]. 1819 Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 182 Big bluidy draps..Barst out and smotter't a' the stane. |