smit1 (smit)

[Also smitt; He provocith al to the smit of falling. Apology for the Lollards , p. 70. ( Hall i well . ) 4t. The smut in corn. corne. The smit , blasting, or burned blacknes of the eares of Nomenclator , 1585. ( Nares .) smit2+ (smit), n. [ smete ), a blow; smite , n.; and cf. also bit , n., and bite , n., Tryamowre on the hedd he hytt, He had gevyn hym an evylle smytt. MS . Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 81. ( Hall i well .) 2. A clashing noise. She heard a smit o' bridle reins, She wish'd might be for good. Lord William (Child's Ballads, III. 18)