smittlish (smitlish)

[ A sudden thought smote her. W. M. Baker , New Timothy, p. 104. To smite off, to cut off with a strong swift blow. He that leet smyte of seynt James hed was Heroude Agrippa. Mandeville , Travels, p. 90. II. in trans. 1. To strike; collide; knock. Ye shull smyte vpon hem of that other part ye with-oute rennynge of youre bateile. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 624. The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. Nahum ii. 10. Sir W. Raleigh , Hist. World, I. vi. § 4. obscure.] Light; active. [Prov. Eng.] Gavan was smyther and smerte, Owte of his steroppus he sterte. Anturs of Arther , xlii. 10. ( Hall i well .) smithereens (smith-er-enz'), n . pl . [ smither - s + dim. -een , usually of Ir. origin.] Small fragments. [Colloq.] He raised a pretty quarrel there, I can tell you-kicked the hostler half acro the yard - knocked heaps of things to smithereens . W. Black , Phaeton, iii. =