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† beˈsmottered, ppl. a. Obs. rare. In 4 bi-, bysmotered, -erd, 6 Sc. besmotterit. [A simple smotered or smoteren does not occur: though Chaucer has an adj. smoterlich, which Prof. Skeat takes as = ‘dial. smutty, wanton.’ The Du. smodderen to smut, and LG. besmaddern, have been compared, but do not q...
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smotter
▪ 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 wenc...
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bespecked
beˈspecked, ppl. a. [f. be- 1 + specked: cf. besmottered.] Spotted or specked over the surface.1565 Golding Ovid's Met. iv. (1593) 84 The berrie is bespect With colour tending to a blacke. 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. ii. (1641) 90/2 A Dragons skin All brightbespect. 1745 Phil. Trans. XLIII. 296 ...
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