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

SMLEFANGER, s. Sibbald.

SMOKE, s. An inhabited house, S.
Stat. Acc.

SMOLT, SMOUT, adj. Clear, mild; applied to the weather.
Douglas.

A. S. smolt, Su. G. smylter, serenus.

SMOLT, SMELT, SMELTE, s.
1. The fry of salmon, S. smout.
Acts Ja. VI.

Su. G. smol-a, to crumble; smotti, frustulum.

2. Used to denote a child. S.

SMOOTRIKIN, adj. Tiny and active.
Old Song.

Allied perhaps to smiadr-a, adulari.

To SMORE, SMURE, SMOIR, v. a.
1. To smother with smoke, S.
Journ. Lond.
2. To choke, to suppress.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
3. To extinguish, Aberd.
4. To conceal, to hide, S.
Douglas.
5. To prevent legal prosecution.
Balfour.