smartness

[Eng.smart, a.; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being smart; acutene , poignancy, keenne , pungency. 2. Quickne , briskne , vigor; as, the smartne of a blow. 3. Sharpne , wittine , vivacity, cleverne . "No smartne in the jest."- Cowper : Task , i. 469. *4. Sharpne , severity; as, the smartne of a penalty. 5. Showine , sprucene ; as, smartne of dre . 6. Sharpne in dealing wit with others; keenne in busine . smash, v . t . & i. [A word of comparatively recent introduction. Sw.dial.smaske to ki with a loud noise, to smack; smask = a slight explosion, a crack, a report.] A. Trans.: To break in pieces by violence, to dash to pieces. B. Intransitive : 1. To go to pieces, to be ruined, to fail, to become bankrupt. (Frequently with up .) ( Colloq .) 3730 smash, s. [SMASH, v.] 1. A breaking to pieces. 2. Ruin, destruction, failure, bankruptcy. "If it comes to out-and-out smash and selling up."-London Daily Telegraph. 3. Iced brandy-and-water. ( Slang . ) All to smash : All to pieces. ( Vulgar .)