smoothing stone

A substitute for a smoothing-iron, made of steatite, attached to a plate and handle of metal. smooth-lỹ, *smothe-ly, adv. [Eng. smooth, a.; -ly.] 1. In a smooth manner; not roughly; evenly; with even flow or motion; not harshly or ruggedly. "O'er the calm Ionian smoothly sails." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses , IV. 2. Without obstruction or difficulty; easily, readily. 3. With soft, bland, plausible, or insinuating IMG:content-1639.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Freedom from jolt or shock; evenne ; as, the smoothne of motion. 3. Softne or mildne to the palate; as, the smoothne of wine. 4. Softne or sweetne of numbers; easy flow of words. "Virgil, though smooth, where smoothne is required, is so far from affecting it, that he rather disdains it."Dryden. ( Todd .) 5. Mildne or gentlene of speech; blandne of manners; especially a umed or hypocritical mild ne . 'She is too subtle for thee; and her smoothne , Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her." Shakesp.: As You Like It , i. 3. smorz-a-tō, smorz-ăn-dō (z as tz), adv. [Ital. =smothered.] Music: A direction that the pa age over which it is placed is to be played so as to gradually fade or die away. smõte, pret . of v. [SMITE, v.] *smoterlich, a. [SMUT.] Smutty, dirty, wanton. smother, *smor-ther, *smor-thre, *smorthur, *smud-der, v. t. & i. [A. S. smorian =to choke, to stifle; Dut. smooren .] [SMOOR.] A. Transitive : 1. To suffocate or destroy the life of by causing smoke or dust to enter the lungs; to suffocate by covering up closely and excluding air from; to "Smooth and speak him fair." Shakesp .: Titus Andronicus , v. 2. "This is the place in which my dear husband had like to have been smothered with mud."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1640.png:[blocks in formation] 3735 3. A heap of damp combustibles, partially ignited, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, ., so as to raise a dense smoke to keep off the mosquitoes. smudge-coal, s . A miner's name for coal which has been partially deprived of its bitumen by coming in contact with trap dykes, ., in a state of heat, and so been converted into a kind of natural coke. Called also Blind-coal, Stone-coal. smŭdg-ỹ, a. [Eng. smudg(e); -y.] Smudged. smeary. "With smudgy telegrams in their hands."-St. James's Gazette, April 7, 1886. smúg, *smoog. a. [Danish smuk =pretty, fine, lie smoking and smothering."-Collier: Of Friendship. *smother, 8. [SMOTHER, v.] 1. Smoke; thick dust; thick and suffocating smoke; hence, confusion. "Thus must I from the smoke into the smother, From tyrant duke unto a tyrant brother." Shakesp.: As You Like It, i. 2. 2. A state of suppre ion. "Therefore men should procure to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother .". Bacon: E ays: Of Suspicion. *smother-fly, s . A popular name for an unidentified species of Aphis. "The people of the village were surprised by a shower of aphides, or smother - flies , which fell in these parts."White: Selborne , let. liii. smothered, pa. par. or a. [SMOTHER, v.] smothered-mate, s. Che : A form of mate only po ible when the king is surrounded by his own men and check is given by a knight.