ˈsmeeky, a. Sc.
Also 6 smeikie, 9 smeekie.
[f. smeek n. + -y.]
Emitting, full of, filled with, smoke; smoky.
| c 1590 Montgomerie Sonn. xxx. 13 The smeikie smeithis cairs not his passit trauel. 1811 A. Scott Poems 144 (Jam.), Thro' smeekie flame they him addrest. a 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 96 (E.D.D.), The smeeky hames o' our toun. |