sminthinæ

pl. [Mod. Latin sminth (us); Zool.: A sub-family of Muride, with one genus, Sminthus, founded for the reception of Sminthus vagus, discovered in the Crimea, ranging through Eastern Europe to Tartary and Siberia. One or two other species have since been discriminated: M., the first and fourth much smaller than those between them. Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ina.] smin-thu-ri-dæ, s. pl. [N. L.] Zool.: The name given to a numerous family of springtails, infesting flowers. smin'-thus, subst. [From an old Cretan word, sminthos a field-mouse.] [SMINTHINE.] smirch, v. t. (From the same root as smear (q. v.).] To smear, to stain, to soil, to dirty. IMG:content-1630.png:[blocks in formation] *2. One who makes, effects, or accomplishes any. thing. "The doves repented, though too late, Become the smiths of their own foolish fate." Dryden: Hind and Panther , iii. 1,268. *smith, v . t. [A. S. smidhian.] To beat into shape, to forge. *smith-craft, s . [Eng. smith , and craft .] The art, occupation, or busine of a smith; smith's work; smithing. IMG:content-1631.png:[blocks in formation] nwan Society.] Bot.: A genus of Hedysaree (?). Herbs or under shrubs from the tropics of Asia and Africa. Smith i a sensitiva has sensitive leaves. smith'-ing, s. [Eng.smith: -ing.] The act, art, or proce of forging or working metals into a desired shape. Smithsonian Institute, s. An institution at Washington, D. C., devoted principally to the interests of science. It was organized by act of Congre in 1846, in accordance with the will of James Smiths on, an English man, who bequeathed to the U. S. the sum of $515,000, to be devoted to "the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." smith-son-ite, s. [After Smiths on, who analyzed both the zinc carbonate and silicate; suffix -ite ( Min.).] Mineralogy : smock le 1. An ore of zinc occurring abundantly, both crystallized and ma ive, also stalactitic, mammillated and botryoidal with fibrous structure. Crystallization, orthorhombic. Hardne , 45-5; specific gravity, 3'16-3-9; luster, vitreous to sub-pearly; color, white, sometimes bluish or greenish; streak, white; brittle; pyroelectric. Composition: Silica, 25.0; oxide of zinc, 67.5; water, 7'5=100, corresponding with the formula 2ZnO.SiO2+HO. Dana divides this species into (1) Ordinary: ( a ) in crystals, (b) mammillary or stalactitic, (c) ma ive; (2) Carbonated, containing from 12 to 20 per cent. of carbonate of zinc; (3) Argillaceous. As this name has been used by different mineralogists both for the silicate and the carbonate of zinc, in order to get rid of the confusion arising therefrom, in the Brit . Mus . Cat . Kenngott's name, Hemimorphite, has been adopted. 2. The same as CALAMINE (q. v.). smith-ỹ, s. [A.S.smidhdh; icel. smidja.] The workshop of a smith. smit-ing, pr. par. or a. [SMITE..] smiting-line, s. Naut .: A rope by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosened without sending the men aloft. smitt, s . [Low German smitt , schmitte ; German schmitz, schmitze , from smitten , schmitzen to besmear.] The finest of the clayey ore made up into balls, and used for marking sheep. *smit-těd, pa . par . of v . [SMITE, 2.] smit-ten, pa. par. of v. [SMITE, v.] 1. Struck, killed, slain, blasted; afflicted, punished, destroyed. "We did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted."- Isaiah liii. 4. 2. Affected with some pa ion, as love; excited or struck by something impre ive. "He was himself no le smitten with Constant i a."Add is on. ( Todd .)