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▪ 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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smoterly
† ˈsmoterly, a. Obs.—1 [Cf. smotry a. and smotter v.] ? Besmirched in reputation.c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 43 And eeck, for she was somdel smoterlich, She was as digne as water in a dich.
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smotry
† ˈsmotry, a. Obs. rare. [f. the stem smotter- (see smotter v.) + -y1.] Smutty, grimy.c 1407 Lydg. Reson & Sens. 3791 Vulcanus Was to hir so odious For his smotry, swarte face. 1412–20 ― Chron. Troy. ii. 5803 Þis smotry smyth, þis swarte Vlcanus.
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