An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SMALIE, adj. Little, puny, S. B.

Isl. smalig, Germ. smalik, id.

To SMASH, v. a.
1. To shiver, S.
2. To hew down, in battle, S.
Burns.
3. To beat severely, S.

Germ. schmeiss-en, to beat.

Smash, s.
1. The state of being shivered, S.
Journal Lond.
2. The shreds of any thing broken, S.
3. The sound of breaking, S.

Gael. smuais, broken in shivers.

SMATCHET, SMATCHED, SMATCHER, s.
1. A contemptuous term for a man.
Leg. St Androis.
2. Applied in the same sense to a child, S.; perhaps from small and chit.
Montgomerie.

To SMATTER, v. n.
1. To be busily engaged about trivial matters, S.
2. To deal in small wares, S.
3. To smatter awa', to spend in a trifling way, S.
4. To smatter awa', to consume victuals, by eating often, and little at a time, S.

Smatters, s. pl.
1. Trifles. S.
2. Small sums, S.

SMATTIS, s. pl. New ale.
Maitland P.