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

Teut. smets, praedulcis, mulseus.

SMEDDUM, s.
1. The powder of ground malt, Ang.
2. Powder, of whatever kind, S. O.
Burns.
3. Quickness of apprehension, S.
Morison.
4. Spirit, mettle, S.
Skinner.
5. Good sense and spirit united, S. B.
Gl. Moray.

A. S. smedma, similago, pollen, the finest part of grain; thence transferred to the mind.

To SMEEK, v. a.
1. To smoke, S.

A. S. smec-an.

Ferguson.
2. To dry by smoke, S. B.

Smeek, Smeik, s. Smoke, S.

A. S. smec, id.

Burns.

SMEETH, adj. Smooth, S. B.