smileless

[Eng. smile, s.; -le .] Not having a smile; without a smile. " Smilele , voicele , and be dragged." -Scribner's Magazine, Aug., 1880, p. 607. smil-er, subst. [Eng.smil(e), v.; -er.] One who smiles. "And when they love, your smilers gue not how." Byron: Lara , ii. 22. *smil-ět, s . [Eng.smile; dim. suff. -et .] A little smile. ( Shakesp .: Lear , iv. 3.) smil-ing, pr. par. or a. [SMILE, v.] A. Transitive : 1. To strike; to give a blow to, as with the hand, a weapon held in the hand, or anything thrown; to beat. 2. To destroy the life of with weapons of any kind; to kill, to slay, to slaughter. 3. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or some destructive visitation. "And the flax and the barley was smitten ."- Exodus ix. 31. *4. To afflict, to chasten, to punish; to visit with punishment or suffering. "Let us not mistake God's goodne , nor imagine, Wake . because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him." 5. To strike or affect with any pa ion. "Septimius no sooner saw her, but he was smit with an involuntary pa ion."-Goldsmith: The Bee , No. 1. B. Intransitive : 1. To strike, to deliver strokes. "Saw where the sword of Michael smote." Milton: P. L., vi. 250. 2. To strike, to collide, to knock. 3. To affect as by a stroke; to enter or penetrate with quickne and force; to shoot. smite, s. [SMITE, v.] A stroke, a blow, a sudden affection. (Prov.)