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smouch
▪ I. smouch, n.1 Now dial. (smaʊtʃ) Also 8 dial. smeawtch, 9 smoutch. [Cf. G. schmutz (MHG. smuz) in the same sense.] A kiss, a buss.1578 Whetstone Promos & Cass. i. iv. vii, Come smack me, I long for a smouch. 1634 Heywood & Brome Lanc. Witches ii. H.'s Wks. 1874 IV. 194 I'le have one smouch at thy...
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smooch
▪ I. smooch, n.1 U.S. (smuːtʃ) [Cf. smouch n.4 and smutch n.] A smutch or smear.1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 46 Cowhide shoes—newly greased..which left a ‘smooch’ upon whatever they came near. 1842 Motley Lett. (1889) I. 136 The body of the Child is a mere smooch of lamp-black. 1869 Mrs. Whitney W...
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smouse
▪ I. smouse, n. (smaʊz) [ad. Du. smous Jew, usurer, supposed to be the same word as G. dial. schmus talk, patter, ad. Jewish schmuoss, Heb. sh'mūﻋōth tales, news, the reference being to the persuasive eloquence of Jewish pedlars. Cf. smouch n.2] † 1. slang. A Jew. Obs.1705 tr. Bosman's Guinea 190 T...
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smutch
▪ I. smutch, n. (smʌtʃ) Also 6 smutche, 7 smuch. [Of uncertain origin; related in some way to smudge, which is recorded earlier as a vb. though much later as a n. More recent forms are smooch n.1 and smouch n.4] 1. A black or dirty mark; a stain; a smudge.1530 Palsgr. 272/1 Smutche on ones face, bar...
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smudge
▪ I. smudge, n.1 (smʌdʒ) [Related to smudge v.1 Cf. the earlier smutch n., to which this has the same correspondence as sludge to slutch.] 1. a. A dirty mark or stain, esp. such as is caused by a smear or by trying to rub out a previous mark.1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 596 A long sooty smudge...
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Judaization
Judaization (ˌdʒuːdeɪaɪˈzeɪʃən) [f. next + -ation.] The action of Judaizing; a becoming or making Jewish in character.1814 Southey Poet. Ep. to A. Cunningham, Poor Smouch endured a worse judaization Under another hand. 1872 Spectator 5 Oct. 1258 How could anything be feared in the direction of the J...
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epithetic
epithetic, a. (ɛpɪˈθɛtɪk) [ad. Gr. ἐπιθετικός, f. ἐπιτιθέναι (see epithet).] † a. Abounding with epithets (obs.). b. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an epithet.a 1764 Lloyd Poems, On Rhyme 178 Verse..which flows In epithetic measured prose. 1868 Arber in Sidney's Apol. Poetrie Introd. 12 The epi...
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jeff
▪ I. jeff, n.1 Circus slang. (dʒɛf) A rope.1854 Dickens Hard T. vi, Tight-Jeff or Slack-Jeff, it don't much signify; it's only tight-rope and slack-rope.▪ II. jeff, n.2 (dʒɛf) Also Jeff Davis. [f. Jefferson Davis (1808–89), president of the Confederate States 1861–5.] A derogatory term for a man, us...
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emery
▪ I. emery, n. (ˈɛmərɪ) Also 6 emerye, (ymree), 7–8 emeril(l, 7 emerick. [a. F. émeri, émeril, OF. esmeril = Sp. esmeril, It. smeriglio:—late L. smericulum, f. Gr. σµῆρις (σµῖρις, σµῦρις) a powder used for polishing.] 1. a. A coarse variety of corundum, used for polishing metals, stones, and glass.1...
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old woman
old woman 1. a. lit. A woman advanced in years; hence, A person compared disparagingly to an old woman; a man of timid and fussy character. old woman's fable, tale, story: see old wife 1.1388 Wyclif 1 Tim. iv. 7 Eschewe thou uncouenable fablis, and elde wymmenus fablis. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 619/...
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smoke
▪ I. smoke, n. (sməʊk) Forms: 1 smoca (smocca), 2– smoke, 5 smokke, 6–7 smok; 6 Sc. smoik, 6–8 smoake, 6–9 smoak. [OE. smoca, f. the weak grade of the stem represented by OE. sméocan smeek v. To a different grade (smauk-) belong MDu. smoock (Du. smook), MLG. (and LG.) smôk, smök (hence Da. sm{obar}g...
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bend
▪ I. bend, n.1 (bɛnd) Forms: 1– bend; also 3 biend, 4 beend. [Com. Teut., OE. bęnd str. fem. (pl. bęnda) = OS. bendi, OFris. bende, MDu. bende, Goth. bandi:—OTeut. *bandjâ-, f. band-, stem of bindan to bind; also in OE. str. masc. (pl. bęndas). This is the original English word, now superseded, exc....
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